Structural, optical, and catalytic support properties of γ-Al2O3 inverse opals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6647-6659

  Waterhouse, Geoffrey I N ^a,b,c   Chen, Wan Ting ^a   Chan, Andrew ^a   Jin, Haishun ^d   Sun Waterhouse, Dongxiao ^a   Cowie, Bruce C C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MACDIARMID INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c Dodd Walls Centre for Quantum and Photonic Technologies   (New Zealand)

^d Beijing SAMSUNG Telecomm R and D Center   (China)

^e AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; POWDERS; RED SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERED ALUMINA; SINTERING; SOL-GELS; SOLS;

CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; CATALYTIC SUPPORTS; COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL TEMPLATING; HIERARCHICAL POROSITY; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; POLYMORPHIC TRANSITIONS; SINTERING RESISTANCE; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

EID: 84925950127     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00437     Document Type: Article

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