Recent advances in the synthesis and main applications of metallic nanoalloys

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 7705-7721

  Muñoz Flores, Blanca M ^a   Kharisov, Boris I ^a   Jiménez Pérez, Víctor M ^a   Elizondo Martínez, Perla ^a   López, Susana T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC PROCESS; CHEMICAL REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; LASER-ASSISTED; NANO-ALLOYS; USEFUL PROPERTIES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 79959853035     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200177d     Document Type: Review

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