Solid-state properties and colloidal stability of thorium(IV)-silica nanoparticles

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-212

  Hennig, Christoph ^a   Weiss, Stephan ^a   Banerjee, Dipanjan ^a   Brendler, Erica ^b   Honkimäki, Veijo ^c   Cuello, Gabriel ^d   Ikeda Ohno, Atsushi ^a   Scheinost, Andreas C ^a   Zänker, Harald ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORTHOSILICATE; THORIUM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84871398643     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.051     Document Type: Article

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