Materials produced by assembling gas-phase nanoclusters

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 203-209

  Binns, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic nanoclusters; Nanomagnetism; Nanostructured materials

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; MONOMERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS; XENON;

LIQUID DROP MODEL; MAGNETIC NANOCLUTERS; NANOMAGNETISMS; SLATER-PAULING LIMIT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 13444310873     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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