Hydrothermal Synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles in supercritical water

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3794-3817

  Hayashi, Hiromichi ^a   Hakuta, Yukiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal synthesis; Micronization; Nano particle; Particle formation; Supercritical water

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF WATER; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; METAL OXIDE PARTICLES; MICRONIZATIONS; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; SUPERCRITICAL HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

NANOPARTICLES;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84888863378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3073794     Document Type: Review

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