Morphology, photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of radial spherical ZnO nanorods controlled with a diblock copolymer

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-113

  Amornpitoksuk, Pongsaton ^a   Suwanboon, Sumetha ^a   Sangkanu, Suthinee ^a   Sukhoom, Ampaitip ^a   Muensit, Nantakan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diblock copolymer; Photocatalytic degradation; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BLUE SHIFT; COPOLYMER CONCENTRATION; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLE RATIO; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PROPYLENE OXIDE; SPHERICAL ZNO; SURFACE AREA; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE; ZNO;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; NANORODS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROPYLENE; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84855208396     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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