Nanofabrication of self-assembled monolayers using scanning probe lithography

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 457-466

  Liu, Gang Yu ^a   Xu, Song ^a   Qian, Yile ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; FORCE; FORECASTING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; FORECASTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 0033940113     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980081s     Document Type: Article

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