Crystallization of nanomaterials

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-116

  Sun, Congting ^a   Xue, Dongfeng ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; NANOSCIENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

BONDING PROCESS; BUILDING COMPLEXES; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; FORMATION MECHANISM; NANO-DEVICES; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84863985542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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