A sucrose-mediated Sol-Gel technique for the synthesis of MgO-Y 2O3 nanocomposites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 346-350

  Iyer, Aparna ^a   Garofano, Jacquelynn K M ^a,b   Reutenaur, Justin ^a   Suib, Steven L ^a   Aindow, Mark ^a   Gell, Maurice ^a   Jordan, Eric H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CALCINATION CONDITIONS; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; GRAIN COARSENING; HOMOGENEOUS MICROSTRUCTURE; MESOPOROUS; MGO; MIXED OXIDE; NANO SCALE; NANO-COMPOSITE CERAMICS; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; POWDER PARTICLES; SOL-GEL PROCEDURE; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; SURFACE AREA;

CALCINATION; COARSENING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FOAMS;

EID: 84873715987     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12123     Document Type: Article

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