Multicomponent and hybrid hydrogels comprised of carbon nanotube-nickel/nickel oxide core/shell nanoparticle heterostructures incorporated in polyvinyl alcohol

Materials Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 149-157

  Shi, W ^a   Crews, K ^b   Chopra, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; HYDROGELS; NICKEL; SEPARATION

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING CAPACITY; AVERAGE DIAMETER; BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALITY; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL SEPARATION; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES; FTIR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; HISTIDINE-TAGGED PROTEINS; HYBRID HYDROGELS; L-HISTIDINE; MULTICOMPONENTS; NICKEL NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL SALTS; PVA HYDROGEL; SEM; SINGLE-STEP; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; TEM; UNIFORM COATING;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; DRUG DELIVERY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYDROGELS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; PHOSPHATASES; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 77955936934     PISSN: 10667857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/175355510X12723642365368     Document Type: Article

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