Robust free-standing nanomembranes of organic/inorganic interpenetrating networks

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 494-501

  Vendamme, Richard ^a   Onoue, Shin Ya ^a   Nakao, Aiko ^a   Kunitake, Toyoki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GLASS; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SILICON WAFERS; SPIN COATING;

HYBRID INTERPENETRATING NETWORKS (IPN); NANOFILMS; NANOMEMBRANES; SELF-FLOATING NANOMEMBRANES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33744815630     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1655     Document Type: Article

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