Surfactant-free solution-based synthesis of metallic nanoparticles toward efficient use of the nanoparticles ' surfaces and their application in catalysis and chemo-/biosensing

Nanotechnology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-25

  Kawasaki, Hideya ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Nanoparticles; SALDI MS; SERS; Surfactant free synthesis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; LASER ABLATION; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; REDUCING AGENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT SALT; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIS; SALDI-MS; SERS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACTANT-FREE;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84894138717     PISSN: 21919089     EISSN: 21919097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2012-0079     Document Type: Review

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