Designing hybrid nanoparticles

Designing Hybrid Nanoparticles

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-68

  Benelmekki, Maria ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CONDENSATION; INERT GASES; NANOPARTICLES; STUDENTS;

COLLISION AND COALESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INERT GAS CONDENSATION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MECHANISMS OF FORMATION; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84957360574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1088/978-1-6270-5469-0     Document Type: Book

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