Characterisation of structural and surface speciation of representative commercially available cerium oxide nanoparticles

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-385

  Baalousha, M ^a   Le Coustumer, P ^b   Jones, I ^a   Lead, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

crystallinity; morphology; oxidation state; structure; surface defects

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORITE; HUMIC ACID; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77956220826     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN10003     Document Type: Article

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