Experimental and numerical study on the optical properties and agglomeration of nanoparticle suspensions

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Otanicar, Todd ^a   Hoyt, Jordan ^a   Fahar, Maryam ^a   Jiang, Xuchuan ^b   Taylor, Robert A ^b  

^a The University of Tulsa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Colloids; Core shell; Heating; Modeling an simulation; Nanofluid; Thermal

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BLUE SHIFT; COLLOIDS; CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEATING; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

CORE SHELL; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSIONS; SPECTRAL TRANSMITTANCE; THERMAL;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOFLUIDICS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84892653823     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2039-x     Document Type: Article

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