Aggregation and settling in aqueous polydisperse alumina nanoparticle suspensions

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Witharana, Sanjeeva ^a   Hodges, Chris ^a   Xu, Dan ^a   Lai, Xiaojun ^a   Ding, Yulong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alumina; Microscopy; Nanofluids; Nanoparticles; Polydisperse; SAXS; Settling

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYDISPERSITY; X RAY SCATTERING;

HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; POLY-DISPERSE COLLOIDS; POLYDISPERSES; SAXS; SETTLING;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MICROSCOPY; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SUSPENSION;

EID: 84859918701     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0851-3     Document Type: Article

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