Multidimensional analysis of nanoparticles with highly disperse properties using multiwavelength analytical ultracentrifugation

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 8871-8886

  Walter, Johannes ^a   Löhr, Konrad ^a   Karabudak, Engin ^b   Reis, Wieland ^c   Mikhael, Jules ^c   Peukert, Wolfgang ^a   Wohlleben, Wendel ^c   Cölfen, Helmut ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) with multiwavelength detection; carbon nanotubes; gold nanorods; nanoparticles; particle size distribution; speed ramps

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CENTRIFUGATION; CHARACTERIZATION; DATA ACQUISITION; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; DATA ACQUISITION SOFTWARES; GOLD NANOROD; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION; MULTIWAVELENGTH; SEDIMENTATION COEFFICIENTS; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; TELLURIUM;

CHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; GOLD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TELLURIUM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 84918539514     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503205k     Document Type: Article

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