Mild fabrication of silica-silver nanocomposites as active platforms for environmental remediation

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 9600-9606

  Mignani, A ^a   Fazzini, S ^a   Ballarin, B ^a   Boanini, E ^a   Cassani, M C ^a   Maccato, C ^b   Barreca, D ^b   Nanni, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DYES; SILICA;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED SILICA; LEUCO METHYLENE BLUE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SILVER NANOCOMPOSITES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS);

SILVER;

EID: 84921311921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14069a     Document Type: Article

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