Why extreme dilutions reach non-zero asymptotes: A nanoparticulate hypothesis based on froth flotation

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 15864-15875

  Chikramane, Prashant S ^a   Kalita, Dhrubajyoti ^a   Suresh, Akkihebbal K ^a   Kane, Shantaram G ^a   Bellare, Jayesh R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; AIR LIQUID INTERFACES; BULK CONCENTRATION; DILUTION FACTORS; DILUTION LEVELS; HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES; NANO PARTICULATES; NANOGRAMS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL STUDIES; SERIAL DILUTIONS; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

FROTH FLOTATION; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES;

DILUTION;

GOLD; LACTOSE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

GOLD; LACTOSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC;

EID: 84869020763     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303477s     Document Type: Article

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