Fluorescent nanocomposite of embedded ceria nanoparticles in crosslinked PVA electrospun nanofibers

Nanomaterials

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Shehata, Nader ^a,b,c   Gaballah, Soha ^a,b   Samir, Effat ^a,b   Hamed, Aya ^a,b   Saad, Marwa ^a,b  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceria nanoparticles; Crosslinking; Electrospinning; Fluorescence; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973885519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano6060102     Document Type: Article

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