A general procedure to synthesize highly crystalline metal oxide and mixed oxide nanocrystals in aqueous medium and photocatalytic activity of metal/oxide nanohybrids

Nanoscale

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1861-1873

  Nguyen, Thanh Dinh ^a   Dinh, Cao Thang ^a   Do, Trong On ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIFUNCTIONAL; CAPPING AGENT; CRYSTALLINE METALS; HIGH YIELD SYNTHESIS; HYBRID PHOTOCATALYSTS; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; INORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS; INORGANIC PRECURSOR; METHYLENE BLUE; MIXED OXIDE; NANOHYBRIDS; NOBLE-METAL PARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PRECURSOR MONOMER; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SCALE-UP; SPONTANEOUS ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LANTHANUM; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; SHEET METAL; SPHERES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; SILVER; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 79953761112     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1nr10109a     Document Type: Article

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