Production and characterization of boron nanoparticles synthesized with a thermal plasma system

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7187-7191

  Shin, Weon Gyu ^a   Calder, Steven ^b   Ugurlu, Ozan ^c   Girshick, Steven L ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient oxidation; Boron nanoparticle; Nucleation process; Thermal plasma

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMBIENT OXIDATION; BORON TRICHLORIDE; NUCLEATION PROCESS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL PLASMA;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; PLASMA STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BORON;

BORON; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84857064063     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0633-3     Document Type: Article

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