Nanoparticle-tuned assembly and disassembly of mesostructured silica hybrids

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-161

  Warren, Scott C ^a,b   Disalvo, Francis J ^a   Wiesner, Ulrich ^b  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b School of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COPOLYMERS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL SIZE THRESHOLD; MESOSTRUCTURED SILICA HYBRIDS; SILICA HYBRIDS;

SILICA;

NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 33846698070     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1819     Document Type: Article

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