Recent explorations in electrostatic multilayer thin film assembly

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 430-442

  Hammond, Paula T ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic layer by layer assembly; Ionic self assembly; Patterned thin films; Polyelectrolyte adsorption; Polymer thin films

Indexed keywords

POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REVIEW; THICKNESS;

EID: 0033361194     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(00)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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