Microscopic patterning of orientated mesoscopic silica through guided growth

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6661, 1997, Pages 674-676

  Trau, M ^a,c   Yao, N ^a   Kim, E ^b   Xia, Y ^b   Whitesides, G M ^b   Aksay, I A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; FILM; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031471245     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/37764     Document Type: Article

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