Self-assembly of nanoparticles into structured spherical and network aggregates

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6779, 2000, Pages 746-748

  Boal, Andrew K ^a   Ilhan, Faysal ^a   Derouchey, Jason E ^a   Thurn Albrecht, Thomas ^a   Russell, Thomas P ^a   Rotello, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034643342     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35008037     Document Type: Article

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