Physicochemistry of dispersions of HgO, HgS and 'Makardhwaj' (an Ayurvedic medicine) prepared in micelle and microemulsion templates

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 360, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Mukherjee, I ^a   Senapati, S ^a   Mitra, D ^a   Rakshit, A K ^b   Das, A R ^c   Moulik, S P ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

'Makardhwaj'; Band gap; HgO; HgS; Micelles; Microemulsion; Morphology

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICELLES; MICROEMULSIONS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

'MAKARDHWAJ'; AVERAGE SIZE; AYURVEDIC MEDICINE; BAND GAP; BAND GAPS; CETYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDES; CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCE; ELECTRON DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS; HGO; HGS DISPERSIONS; MAJOR AXIS; MICELLAR MEDIA; MICELLAR SOLUTION; MICROEMULSION TEMPLATE; SEMICONDUCTIVITY; SPECTRAL FEATURE; TEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRITON X-100; TWEEN-20; TWO-COLOR; W/O MICROEMULSIONS;

DISPERSIONS;

AYURVEDIC DRUG; BUTANOL; CETRIMIDE; COPPER; HEPTANE; MAKARDHWAJ; MERCURIC OXIDE; MERCURY SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DRUG DETERMINATION; MICELLE; MICROEMULSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77951975471     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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