Fabrication and characterization of copper nanoparticles using thermal reduction: The effect of nonionic surfactants on size and yield of nanoparticles

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-95

  Habibi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kamrani, Reza ^a   Mokhtari, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Copper nanoparticles; Decomposition; Dodecyl amine; Nonionic surfactants; Thermal reduction; Triton X 100; Tween 80

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956451701     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-010-0413-2     Document Type: Article

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