Polymer-noble metal nanocomposites: Review

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4869-4882

  Folarin, Olujinmi M ^a   Sadiku, Emmanuel R ^a   Maity, Arjun ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Characterization; Nanocomposites; Noble metal; Polymer; Preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053943772     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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