Synthetic melanin films: Assembling mechanisms, scaling behavior, and structural properties

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lorite, Gabriela S ^a   Coluci, Vitor R ^a   Da Silva, Maria Ivonete N ^a   Dezid́rio, Shirlei N ^b   Graeff, Carlos Frederico O ^b   Galvão, Douglas S ^a   Cotta, Mônica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PIGMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MELANIN THIN FILMS; ORGANIC SOLVENT SYNTHESIS; THIN FILM FORMATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33745298229     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2200401     Document Type: Article

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