A reversibly switching surface

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5605, 2003, Pages 371-374

  Lahann, Joerg ^a   Mitragotri, Samir ^b   Tran, Thanh Nga ^a   Kaido, Hiroki ^a   Sundaram, Jagannathan ^b   Choi, Insung S ^a,d   Hoffer, Saskia ^c   Somorjai, Gabor A ^c   Langer, Robert ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES;

WETTING;

(16 MERCAPTO)HEXADECANOIC ACID; ALKANE; GOLD; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; WETTING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETTABILITY;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESTERS; GOLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALMITIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0347367030     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078933     Document Type: Article

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