Preparation of asymmetric nanostructures through site selective modification of tetrapods

Nano Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2397-2401

  Liu, Haitao ^a   Alivisatos, A Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD SHELL STRUCTURES; POLAR GROUPS; TETRAPODS;

DNA; EVAPORATION; GOLD; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 10844222668     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl048523i     Document Type: Article

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