Reductive/expansion synthesis of zero valent submicron and nanometal particles

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 672-681

  Zea, Hugo ^a   Luhrs, Claudia C ^b   Phillips, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy; Chemical synthesis; Nanoscale

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; DISPERSED PARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAL OXIDE PARTICLES; METAL PARTICLE; METALLIC ALLOYS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANO SCALE; NANO-METAL PARTICLES; PRELIMINARY MODEL; RAPID-HEATING; REDUCING GAS; SUBMICRON; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; ZERO-VALENT METALS; ZEROVALENT;

CERIUM ALLOYS; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; LEAD OXIDE; METABOLISM; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; UREA;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 80054918654     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.66     Document Type: Article

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