Nanostructures with animal-like shapes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8289-8309

  Kharisov, Boris I ^a   Kharissova, Oxana V ^a   Jose Yacaman, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC PROCESS; NANOFORMS; USEFUL PROPERTIES;

ANIMALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 77956418458     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100921q     Document Type: Article

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