In situ growth of nanoparticles through control of non-stoichiometry

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 916-923

  Neagu, Dragos ^a   Tsekouras, George ^a,c   Miller, David N ^a   Ménard, Hervé ^b   Irvine, John T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; PROCEDURES;

CATALYSIS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84887659686     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1773     Document Type: Article

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