Hydrothermal synthesis of a concentrated and stable dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 223, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-144

  Souvereyns, B ^a   Elen, K ^a,e   De Dobbelaere, C ^a   Kelchtermans, A ^a   Peys, N ^a,e   D'Haen, J ^a,e   Mertens, M ^b   Mullens, S ^b   Van den Rul, H ^c   Meynen, V ^d   Cool, P ^d   Hardy, A ^a,e   Van Bael, M K ^a,e  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Sirris   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatase; Aqueous dispersion; Hydrothermal dispersion; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; CRYSTALLINE NANOPARTICLES; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; QUANTITATIVE XRD ANALYSIS; TIO; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84875840845     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.047     Document Type: Article

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