Self-organization of rotaxane thin films into spatially correlated nanostructures: Morphological and structural aspects

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 526-532

  Moulin, Jean François ^a   Kengne, Jean Crispin ^a   Kshirsagar, Rajendra ^a   Cavallini, Massimilliano ^a   Biscarini, Fabio ^a   León, Salvador ^b,d   Zerbetto, Francesco ^b   Bottari, Giovanni ^c   Leigh, David A ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ETS Ingenieros de Telecomunicacion   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR MECHANICS SIMULATIONS; NANOSIZED DROPLETS; THERMAL STIMULUS;

THIN FILMS;

NANOPARTICLE; ROTAXANE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; FILM; MOTION; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE; THICKNESS;

EID: 31544479308     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja054886o     Document Type: Article

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