Nucleation phenomenon in nanoparticle self-assemblies

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 62-70

  Puntes, Victor F ^a   Bastús, Neus G ^a   Pagonabarraga, Ignacio ^a   Iglesias, O ^a   Labarta, A ^a   Batlle, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnetic nanoparticles; Self assembly; Solvent evaporation; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTROSTATIC FORCES; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; SURFACTANT MOLECULES;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 20744437586     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijnt.2005.006974     Document Type: Article

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