A new method for separation, characterization, and quantification of natural nanoparticles from soils

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bakshi, Santanu ^a   He, Zhenli ^a   Harris, Willie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Density; Dynamic light scattering; Hematite; UV Vis absorbance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892879723     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2261-1     Document Type: Article

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