Photo-induced surface transformations of silica nanocomposites

Surface and Interface Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1572-1581

  Gorham, Justin M ^a   Nguyen, Tinh ^a   Bernard, Coralie ^a   Stanley, Debbie ^a   David Holbrook, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental; nanocomposites; silica nanoparticles; surface analysis; UV degradation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON CONTENT; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL; EPOXY COMPOSITE; EPOXY SYSTEMS; HIGH INTENSITY; MASS FRACTION; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED SURFACES; PHYSICAL MODIFICATIONS; PUBLIC DOMAINS; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICON CONCENTRATION; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SURFACE CHEMICALS; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE PITTING; SURFACE TRANSFORMATIONS; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV DEGRADATION; UV EXPOSURE; X-RAY ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA LEVEL; SILICON; SURFACE ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILICA;

EID: 84870062612     PISSN: 01422421     EISSN: 10969918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sia.5075     Document Type: Article

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