Hydrothermal synthesis of TOPO-Capped ZnO nanoparticle

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-39

  Shahroosvand, Hashem ^a   Ghorbani Asl, Mahsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Capping agent; SEM; TOPO; ZnO nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871213223     PISSN: 15533174     EISSN: 15533182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533174.2012.682689     Document Type: Article

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