Microreactors for gold nanoparticles synthesis: From faraday to flow

Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 466-493

  Rahman, Md Taifur ^a   Rebrov, Evgeny V ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core shell; Gold nanoparticles; Microfluidics; Nanorods; Scale up

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047021341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pr2020466     Document Type: Review

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