Macroscopic, hierarchical, two-dimensional self-assembly

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3078-3081

  Choi, Insung S ^a   Bowden, Ned ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Interfaces; Noncovalent interactions; Self assembly; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; PERFLUORODECALIN;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIRUS CAPSID;

EID: 0033581549     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19991018)38:20<3078::AID-ANIE3078>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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