Manufacturing nanomaterials: From research to industry

Manufacturing Review

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Charitidis, Costas A ^a   Georgiou, Pantelitsa ^a   Koklioti, Malamatenia A ^a   Trompeta, Aikaterini Flora ^a   Markakis, Vasileios ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon based nanomaterials; Industrial applications of nanomaterials; Large scale synthesis methods; Metal CNTs hybrids; Metal oxides nanomaterials; Metal oxides CNTs hybrids; Metallic nanoparticles; Nanomaterials manufacturing; Quantum dots; Quantum dots CNTs hybrids

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANUFACTURE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON-BASED; INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; METAL OXIDES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANO-MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85006430755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22654224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/mfreview/2014009     Document Type: Review

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