Effects of solvents and Sb sources on the morphologies of LaFe 3CoSb12 nanopowders made by the hydro/solvo thermal method

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2873-2879

  Lu, Pengxian ^a,b   Shen, Zigang ^a   Hu, Xing ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CETYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDES; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; DISODIUM SALT; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; NANO POWDERS; THERMAL METHODS; WATER AS SOLVENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANTIMONY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLVENTS;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 70350180142     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0363     Document Type: Article

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