Ag-nanoparticle fractionation by low melting point agarose gel electrophoresis

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Guarrotxena, Nekane ^a   Braun, Gary ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblies; Electrophoresis; Fractionation; Nuclearity; Raman spectroscopy; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; DIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FRACTIONATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MELTING POINT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PORE SIZE; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; SURFACE SCATTERING;

AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LARGE AGGREGATES; LOW MELTING POINT; NUCLEARITY; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SPHERICAL ASSEMBLY; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

AGAROSE; MONOMER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE CHARGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84866284204     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1199-4     Document Type: Article

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