Electron Beam Irradiation for Structuring of Molecular Assemblies

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-15

  Erokhin, Victor ^a   Berzina, Tatiana ^a   Fontana, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Langmuir blodgett films; Organic layers; Patterning

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AGGLOMERATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FILM GROWTH; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MICROELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; ORGANIC LAYERS; PATTERNING; POLYMERIC CAPSULES;

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SURFACTANT;

ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION; REVIEW;

CAPSULES; ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; RADIATION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 2342487451     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2004.824257     Document Type: Review

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