Study of the structural evolution within polystyrene and polystyrene-gold composite colloidal crystals by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Badilescu, Simona ^a   Hajiaboli, Ahmad Reza ^a   Seirafianpour, Nader ^a   Sadeghian, Ramin Banan ^a   Kahrizi, Mojtaba ^a   Truong, Vo Van ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; CONFINED GEOMETRIES; POLYSTYRENE MICROSPHERES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33846222774     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2430934     Document Type: Article

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