Chemical preparation and applications of silver dendrites

Chemical Papers

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1283-1297

  Fu, Li ^a   Tamanna, Tasnuva ^a   Hu, Wen Jing ^b   Yu, Aimin ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ag dendrites; catalysis; SERS; superhydrophobic surface; synthetic method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903720655     PISSN: 03666352     EISSN: 13369075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11696-014-0582-2     Document Type: Review

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