Transmission electron microscopy of unstained hybrid Au nanoparticles capped with PPAA (plasma-poly-allylamine): Structure and electron irradiation effects

Micron

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Gontard, Lionel C ^a   Fernández, Asunción ^a   Dunin Borkowski, Rafal E ^b   Kasama, Takeshi ^c   Lozano Pérez, Sergio ^d   Lucas, Stéphane ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Namur   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EFTEM; Hybrid nanoparticles; Irradiation effects; Organic inorganic nanoparticles; Poly allylamine; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EFTEM; HYBRID NANOPARTICLE; IRRADIATION EFFECT; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; POLY-ALLYLAMINE; ALLYL AMINE;

GOLD;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLY(2-PROPYLACRYLIC ACID);

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84903747474     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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