Understanding the effectiveness of fluorocarbon ligands in dispersing nanoparticles in supercritical carbon dioxide

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 15553-15561

  Dalvi, Vishwanath Haily ^a   Srinivasan, Vibha ^b   Rossky, Peter J ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOLS; ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; C-F BONDS; C-H BOND; CAPPING LIGANDS; DISPERSION FORCE; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; FLUOROCARBON LAYERS; GAIN INSIGHT; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; PASSIVATED SURFACE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SIMULATION PROTOCOLS; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; VAN DER WAALS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; PASSIVATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 77956868137     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp102047e     Document Type: Article

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