Water adsorption and interface energetics of zinc aluminate spinel nanoparticles: Insights on humidity effects on nanopowder processing and catalysis

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2004-2011

  Quach, Dat V ^a   Bonifacio, Abigail R ^a   Castro, Ricardo H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION OF WATER; ENTHALPY OF ADSORPTION; HEAT OF ADSORPTION; HYDROPHOBIC SITES; INTERFACE ENERGETICS; LOW HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; MICRO-CALORIMETRY; ZINC ALUMINATE SPINEL;

ADSORPTION; CALORIMETERS; HYDRATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NANOPARTICLES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84881460542     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.192     Document Type: Article

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