A self-seeding synthesis of Ag microrods of tuned aspect ratio: Ascorbic acid plays a key role

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 34, 2013, Pages

  Visaveliya, Nikunjkumar ^a   Michael Kohler J ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NON-MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE; POLY(VINYL PYRROLIDONE); REACTION CONDITIONS;

ASCORBIC ACID; DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ASPECT RATIO;

ASCORBIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ASCORBIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84881154055     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/34/345604     Document Type: Article

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