Micro- and nano-spheres of low melting point metals and alloys, formed by ultrasonic cavitation

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 432-444

  Friedman, H ^a,e   Reich, S ^a   Popovitz Biro, R ^a   Von Huth, P ^a   Halevy, I ^b   Koltypin, Y ^c   Gedanken, A ^c   Porat, Z ^b,d  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e Pharmacy Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic cavitation; Eutectic Au Ge; Eutectic Au Si; Metal microspheres; Nanospheres; Ultrasonic energy

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; EUTECTICS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIQUID METALS; MELTING POINT; METALLURGY; METALS; MICROSPHERES; NANOSPHERES; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICONES;

ACOUSTIC CAVITATIONS; EUTECTIC AU-GE; EUTECTIC AU-SI; METAL MICROSPHERES; ULTRASONIC ENERGY;

MERCURY AMALGAMS;

ALLOY; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; INDIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; MICROSPHERE; NANOSPHERE; SILICON; SILICONE OIL; TIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COOLING; ENERGY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIQUID; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC CAVITATION; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84867748172     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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