Synthesis and characterization of whisker-shaped MnO2 nanostructure at room temperature

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-333

  Jaganyi, Deogratius ^a   Altaf, Mohammad ^a   Wekesa, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

FT IR; Manganese dioxide nanoparticle; TEM

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FOURIER SERIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE OXIDE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; POTASH; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISPERSED PARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIES; MANGANESE DIOXIDE; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERN; SODIUM THIOSULPHATE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84884657470     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-012-0135-3     Document Type: Article

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