Self-assembly of polymeric microspheres of complex internal structures

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-97

  Fialkowski, Margin ^a   Bitner, Agnieszka ^a   Grzybowski, Bartosz A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DROP BREAKUP; HYDROGELS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPOSITE MICROBEADS; ISODENSE LIQUIDS; LIQUID PREPOLYMERS; MULTICOMPONENT POLYMERIC MICROSPHERES;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 11144277457     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1267     Document Type: Review

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