Synthesis, characterisation and dispersion of zinc oxide nanorods for biomedical applications

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 355-360

  Riggio, C ^a   Raffa, V ^a   Cuschieri, A ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO GROUP; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR RESPONSE; CHARACTERISATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; POLYETHYLENIMINES; POLYMERIC CHAIN; POTENTIAL UTILITY; REACTION TIME; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE NANORODS; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOROD;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DISPERSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 78149278458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2010.0089     Document Type: Article

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