Microwave synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles

Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 245-284

  Herring, Natalie P ^a   Panda, Asit B ^a   AbouZeid, Khaled ^a   Almahoudi, Serial H ^a   Olson, Chelsea R ^a   Patel, A ^a   El Shall, M S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM OXIDE; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; RARE EARTHS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

GAS SENSING DEVICES; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; RAPID DECOMPOSITION; RARE-EARTH METAL OXIDE; TRANSITIONAL METAL OXIDE;

METALS;

EID: 85015978111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5395-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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