Novel crystalline SiO 2 nanoparticles via annelids bioprocessing of agro-industrial wastes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1408-1417

  Espindola Gonzalez A ^a,b   Martinez Hernandez A L ^c   Angeles Chavez C ^d   Castano V M ^a   Velasco Santos, C ^c  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agricultural waste; Bioprocessing; Silica nanoparticles; Worms

Indexed keywords

BIOPROCESSING; COFFEE HUSKS; CRYSTALLINE NANOPARTICLES; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; EISENIA FOETIDA; EQUIVALENT PARTICLE; RICE HUSK; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA OXIDE; SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE; TEM; VERMICOMPOSTS; WORMS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR CANE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANNELIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 77955710002     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9654-6     Document Type: Article

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