Microemulsions as reaction media for the synthesis of mixed oxide nanoparticles: Relationships between microemulsion structure, reactivity, and nanoparticle characteristics

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1779-1789

  Aubery, Carolina ^a   Solans, Conxita ^a   Prevost, Sylvain ^b,c   Gradzielski, Michael ^b   Sanchez Dominguez, Margarita ^a,d  

^a BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-HEXANOL; BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSION; CO-SURFACTANTS; COMPOSITION RANGES; CONSTANT SIZES; DSC STUDIES; FREE WATER; KINETIC STUDY; MAIN EFFECT; MICROEMULSION STRUCTURES; MIXED OXIDE; MN-ZN FERRITES; PRECIPITATING AGENTS; PRECURSOR SALTS; REACTION MEDIA; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; W/O MICROEMULSIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; KINETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; REACTION RATES; SOLUTIONS;

MICROEMULSIONS;

1-HEXANOL; FERRIC ION; FERRITE; HEXANOL; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; SURFACTANT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; KINETICS; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; EMULSIONS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HEXANOLS; KINETICS; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84873633055     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303817w     Document Type: Article

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