Self-assembled composite nano-/micronecklaces with SiO 2 beads in boron strings

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ni, Hai ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAD FORMATION; BORON STRINGS; MICRONECKLACES; QUARTZ TUBES;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA; SUBLIMATION; SUPERSATURATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33748461636     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2245443     Document Type: Article

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