Melting of monolayer protected cluster superlattices

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 9794-9803

  Sandhyarani, N ^a   Antony, M P ^b   Selvam, G Panneer ^b   Pradeep, T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COOLING; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEATING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MELTING; MONOLAYERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ALKYL CHAIN MELTING; GAUCHE DEFECTS; OCTADECANETHIOL; OCTANETHIOL;

SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0034505094     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1322029     Document Type: Article

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