Synthesis, characterisation and stability of Cu2O nanoparticles produced via reverse micelles microemulsion

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 602-608

  Dodoo Arhin, D ^a   Leoni, M ^a   Scardi, P ^a   Garnier, E ^b   Mittiga, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Powder diffraction; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; BRIJ 30; CHARACTERISATION; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; NANO POWDERS; NONIONIC; PLANAR DEFECT; POWDER DIFFRACTION; POWDER PATTERNS; REVERSE MICELLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF-CATALYTIC; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYSTEM STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 77953136605     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2010.03.053     Document Type: Article

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