Synthesis of PVP capped gold nanoparticles by the UV-irradiation technique Muntuwenkosi

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2844-2847

  Chili, M ^a   Rajasekhar Pullabhotla, V S R ^a   Revaprasadu, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anisotropic particles; Gold nanoparticles; Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP); UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; IONIC LIQUIDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANISOTROPIC PARTICLES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD SALTS; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; UV IRRADIATION;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 79959759892     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.05.088     Document Type: Article

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