Thermal diffusivity measurement for urchin-like gold nanofluids with different solvents, sizes and concentrations/shapes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  López Muñoz, Gerardo A ^a,b,c   Balderas López, José Abraham ^b   Ortega Lopez, Jaime ^c   Pescador Rojas, José A ^d   Salazar, Jaime Santoyo ^c  

^a Química Aromática SA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nanofluids; Photopyroelectric; Thermal diffusivity; Urchin like gold nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLS; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFUSIVITY MEASUREMENTS; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOPYROELECTRIC; PHOTOPYROELECTRIC CALORIMETRIES; SEED MEDIATED GROWTH; URCHIN-LIKE; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84875341218     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-667     Document Type: Article

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