Digestive ripening and green synthesis of ultra-small (r<2 nm) stable ZnO quantum dots

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 9 PART A, 2014, Pages 13945-13952

  Mary Jacob, Niya ^a   Thomas, Tiju ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

A. Powders: chemical preparation; C. Chemical properties; D. ZnO; Digestive ripening

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; POWDERS;

DIGESTIVE RIPENING; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; POWDERS: CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS; SHORT DURATIONS; SOLUTION APPROACH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; ZNO; ZNO QUANTUM DOTS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84905852063     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.05.116     Document Type: Article

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