Solvothermal synthesis of uniform bismuth nanospheres using poly(n-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) as a reducing agent

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Jiliang ^a   Qin, Fan ^a   Lu, Zhong ^a   Yang, Hai Jian ^b   Chen, Rong ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOSPHERES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; N-VINYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; POLY(N-VINYL-2-PYRROLIDONE); POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; BISMUTH NITRATES; CAPPING AGENT; GROWTH MECHANISMS; SHAPE AND SIZE;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH;

EID: 84255191216     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-66     Document Type: Article

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