Continuous flow synthesis of tungsten oxide (WO3) nanoplates from tungsten (VI) ethoxide

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 226, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-29

  Gimeno Fabra, Miquel ^a   Dunne, Peter ^a   Grant, David ^a   Gooden, Pete ^b   Lester, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Nottingham Sci and Technology Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanomaterials; Reaction engineering; Supercritical fluid

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-FLOW SYNTHESIS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW SYSTEM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION ENGINEERING; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REDUCTION TEMPERATURES;

ASPECT RATIO; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84877334633     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.03.094     Document Type: Article

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