Surface effects under visible irradiation and heat treatment on the phase stability of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles and γ-Fe2O3 -SiO2 core-shell nanostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2857-2866

  Stagi, Luigi ^a   De Toro, Jose A ^b   Ardu, Andrea ^a   Cannas, Carla ^a   Casu, Alberto ^c   Lee, Su Seong ^d   Ricci, Pier Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; MAGHEMITE NANOPARTICLE; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL ASSISTANCE; VISIBLE IRRADIATION;

HEAT TREATMENT; HEMATITE; HYDRATES; IRRADIATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84893844308     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4115833     Document Type: Article

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