Quantitative characterization of aggregated and agglomerated titanium dioxide nanomaterials by transmission electron microscopy

Powder Technology

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-188

  Verleysen, E ^a   De Temmerman, P J ^a,b   Van Doren, E ^a,b   Abi Daoud Francisco, M ^a   Mast, J ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dispersion protocol; Nanoparticles; Shape distribution; Size distribution; Titanium dioxide; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE CURVE FITTING; PARTICLE DETECTION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; SEMI-AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; SHAPE DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOMATERIALS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; ITERATIVE METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DISPERSIONS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84897894042     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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