Nanoparticle structural organisation and scaffolding in organic media

Granular Matter

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-132

  Gundogdu, O ^a   Roso, M ^b   Stevens, G C ^a   Tuzun U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion limited aggregation; Epoxy resins; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

NANO-DISPERSIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUID MECHANICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 37249009785     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-007-0067-x     Document Type: Article

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