Carbon nanotubes and Cu-Zn nanoparticles synthesis using hyperaccumulator plants

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-158

  Qu, Jiao ^a,b   Luo, Chunqiu ^b   Cong, Qiao ^b   Yuan, Xing ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica juncea L.; Carbon nanotubes; CuO; Hyperaccumulator; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; ETHANOL; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YARN; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

BRASSICA JUNCEA L; CHLOROPHYLLIN; HYPER-ACCUMULATORS; HYPERACCUMULATOR PLANT; METAL HYPERACCUMULATORS; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; TOXIC METALS; ZN NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COPPER OXIDES;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA JUNCEA;

EID: 84860741484     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-011-0335-1     Document Type: Article

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