Interfacial self-assembly driven formation of hierarchically structured nanocrystals with photocatalytic activity

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 827-833

  Zhong, Yong ^a   Wang, Zixuan ^a   Zhang, Ruifang ^a   Bai, Feng ^a,b   Wu, Huimeng ^c   Haddad, Raid ^b   Fan, Hongyou ^b,c  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

emulsion; nanocrystals; nanoparticles; photocatalytic; self assembly

Indexed keywords

EMULSION DROPLETS; INTERFACIAL SELF ASSEMBLIES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

AZO DYES; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PORPHYRINS; TIN; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84893446070     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405492d     Document Type: Article

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