Self assembly and properties of C:WO 3 nano-platelets and C:VO 2/V 2O 5 triangular capsules produced by laser solution photolysis

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-397

  Mwakikunga, B W ^a,b,c   Forbes, A ^a,e   Sideras Haddad, E ^b,d   Scriba, M ^a   Manikandan, E ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon; Laser; Photolysis; Sensors; V 2O 5; VO 2; WO 3

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; CARBON MODIFIED; ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; LASER PHOTOLYSIS; NANO-PLATELETS; RAMAN SHIFT; SPHERICAL QUANTUM DOT; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; VANADIUM DIOXIDE; VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES;

BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; ETHANOL; LEAD OXIDE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLYSIS; PLATELETS; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 77952888218     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-009-9494-4     Document Type: Article

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