Drying-mediated self-assembly of nanoparticles

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6964, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Rabani, Eran ^a   Reichman, David R ^b   Geissler, Phillip L ^c,e   Brus, Louis E ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLVENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLE; SOLVENT;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL; EVAPORATION; GAS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR;

EID: 0344875028     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02087     Document Type: Article

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