Sonochemical synthesis and application of rhodium-graphene nanocomposite

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2769-2777

  Chandra, Sourov ^a   Bag, Sourav ^a   Bhar, Radhaballav ^b   Pramanik, Panchanan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Graphene; Hydrogenation; Nanomaterial; Rhodium nanoparticle; Sonochemical

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; BOROHYDRIDES; ETHYLENE OXIDES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; NANOMATERIAL; POROUS STRUCTURES; PROPYLENE OXIDE; RHODIUM NANOPARTICLE; RHODIUM NANOPARTICLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SONOCHEMICAL; SONOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; WATER DISPERSIBLE;

BENZENE; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; HYDROGENATION; METAL IONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROPYLENE; RHODIUM; SONOCHEMISTRY;

GRAPHENE;

BORANE DERIVATIVE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE); POLY(PROPYLENE OXIDE); RHODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HYDROGENATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052625907     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0164-3     Document Type: Article

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