Electrostatic self-assembly of binary nanoparticle crystals with a diamond-like lattice

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5772, 2006, Pages 420-424

  Kalsin, Alexander M ^a   Fialkowski, Marcin ^a   Paszewski, Maciej ^a   Smoukov, Stoyan K ^a   Bishop, Kyle J M ^a   Grzybowski, Bartosz A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMONDS; ELECTROSTATICS; GOLD; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILVER;

CRYSTALLIZING PARTICLES; ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATIONS; NANOSCALES; POLYDISPERSE NANOPARTICLE SOLUTIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

DIAMOND; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GOLD; SILVER; SPHALERITE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE CHARGE; THICKNESS;

EID: 33645989760     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125124     Document Type: Article

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