Preparation of inorganic nanoparticles in oil-in-water microemulsions: A soft and versatile approach

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 297-305

  Sanchez Dominguez, Margarita ^a   Pemartin, Kelly ^b   Boutonnet, Magali ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Direct micelles; Nanoparticle synthesis; Nanoreactors; O W microemulsion

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CDS; CDSE; DIRECT MICELLE; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; IONIC SALTS; METAL OXIDES; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; OIL DROPLETS; OIL-IN-WATER; OIL-IN-WATER MICROEMULSIONS; REACTION MEDIA; REACTION METHOD; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES; TIO; W/O MICROEMULSIONS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHROMATES; EUROPIUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOREACTORS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE; ZIRCONIUM;

MICROEMULSIONS;

ANION; CHROMIC ACID; FLUORIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOREACTOR; OIL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICELLE; MICROEMULSION; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84865389659     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2012.06.007     Document Type: Review

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