Preparation and characterization of stable aqueous higher-order fullerenes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Aich, Nirupam ^a   Flora, Joseph R V ^a   Saleh, Navid B ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; COLLOIDAL CLUSTERS; COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; ELECTROSTATIC STABILITY; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HIGHER FULLERENES; HIGHER ORDER; INTERACTION ENERGIES; LATTICE FRINGES; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; NARROW DISTRIBUTION; POTENTIAL VALUES;

FULLERENES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84855772502     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/5/055705     Document Type: Article

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