Self-directed self-assembly of nanoparticle/copolymer mixtures

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7029, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Lin, Yao ^a   Böker, Alexander ^a,f   He, Jinbo ^a   Sill, Kevin ^a   Xiang, Hongqi ^a   Abetz, Clarissa ^b   Li, Xuefa ^c   Wang, Jin ^c   Emrick, Todd ^a   Long, Su ^d   Wang, Qian ^d   Balazs, Anna ^e   Russell, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e PA 15213   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; INORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPOLYMER; NANOPARTICLE;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DRUG MIXTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTON; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 20044392271     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03310     Document Type: Article

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