Iron-based nanoparticles for toxic organic degradation: Silica platform and green synthesis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 9581-9590

  Meeks, Noah D ^a,b   Smuleac, Vasile ^a   Stevens, Christopher ^a   Bhattacharyya, Dibakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED SPECIES; ASCORBIC ACIDS; CHLORO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; FERRIC IONS; GREEN SYNTHESIS; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; IRON-BASED; ORGANIC DEGRADATION; OXIDATIVE PROCESS; SECONDARY METALS; SILICA PARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON OXIDES; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; REACTION RATES; SILICA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84863950222     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301031u     Document Type: Article

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