Effect of mercaptopropionic acid as linker on structural, thermal, and optical properties of TiO2-CdSe nanocomposites

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 555-560

  Arya, S K ^a   Vats, Tanvi ^b   Sharma, Shailesh N ^c   Singh, Kulvir ^a   Narula, A K ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bifunctional linker; Structural thermal and optical stability

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BIFUNCTIONAL; CDSE; EQUIMOLAR AMOUNT; FTIR; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ONE-POT METHOD; OPTICAL STABILITY; TIO; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84872908386     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-1687-2     Document Type: Article

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