Fractal analysis as a complimentary technique for characterizing nanoparticle size distributions

Powder Technology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-198

  Kanniah, Vinod ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Mandzy, Natalia ^a   Grulke, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Aggregation; Box counting method; Fractal dimension; Lacunarity; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE GROWTH; BOX-COUNTING METHOD; COLLOIDAL SYSTEM; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LACUNARITY; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POWDER MORPHOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; VAPOR PHASE;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

CERIUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NANOANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84861892785     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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