A simple microwave assists aqueous route to synthesis CuS nanoparticles and further aggregation to spherical shape

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-124

  Nafees, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Salamat ^a   Idrees, Saima ^a   Rashid, Khalid ^a,b   Shafique, Muhammad Ahsan ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Copper sulfide; Microwave; Nanoparticles; Spherical shape; Thermal oxidation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COPPER OXIDES; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOOXIDATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; COPPER SULFIDES; SPHERICAL SHAPE; SULFUR SOURCE; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL OXIDATION;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 84893140359     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-012-0113-9     Document Type: Article

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