Hollow micro- and nano-particles by gas foaming

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1018-1026

  Orsi, Silvia ^a   Di Maio, Ernesto ^b   Iannace, Salvatore ^c   Netti, Paolo A ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

gas foaming; hollow; microparticles; nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904570061     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0465-4     Document Type: Article

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