Molecular building blocks and development strategies for molecular nanotechnology

Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-99

  Merkle, Ralph C ^a  

^a Zyvex Labs LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

MOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS (MBB);

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033724293     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/11/2/309     Document Type: Article

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