Plasma oxidation kinetics of gold nanoparticles and their encapsulation in graphene shells by chemical vapor deposition growth

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 12861-12874

  Wu, Junchi ^a   Shi, Wenwu ^a   Chopra, Nitin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; CVD PROCESS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD OXIDE; GRAPHENE SHELLS; HEXADECYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; OXIDATION KINETICS; PLASMA OXIDATION; POSTSYNTHESIS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; WET CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; GOLD; GRAPHENE; GROWTH KINETICS; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VAPORS; XYLENE;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84862284809     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp301009f     Document Type: Article

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