Synthesis of silicon carbide nanowires from a hybrid of amorphous biopolymer and sol-gel-derived silica

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3052-3058

  Mishra, Shivani B ^a   Mishra, Ajay K ^a   Krause, Rui W ^a   Mamba, Bhekie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR RING; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; INERT ATMOSPHERES; INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS; OUTER SURFACE; OXIDIZATION; RAMAN SHIFT; SIC NANOWIRE; SILICA LAYERS; SILICON CARBIDE NANOWIRES;

BIOMOLECULES; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC WIRE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICON CARBIDE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 70450265283     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03332.x     Document Type: Article

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