Polysaccharides route: A new green strategy for metal oxides synthesis

Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-169

  Visinescu, Diana ^a   Patrinoiu, Greta ^a   Tirsoaga, Alina ^b   Carp, Oana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Alginate; Carrageenan; Cellulose; Chitosan; Dextran; Metal oxides synthesis; Polysaccharides; Starch

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; DEXTRAN; HEALTH RISKS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH;

CARRAGEENANS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; METAL OXIDES; NANO-SIZED OXIDES; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

ALGINATE;

EID: 84931311968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2442-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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