Preparation and characterization of a composite of gold nanoparticles and single-walled carbon nanotubes and its potential for heterogeneous catalysis

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 347-355

  Shanahan, Anne E ^a   Sullivan, James A ^b   McNamara, Mary ^a   Byrne, Hugh J ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Gold nanoparticle composite; SWCNT

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; GAS ADSORPTION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SUPPORTED GOLD; SWCNT; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 81555215502     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(11)60087-5     Document Type: Article

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