Reversible tuning of a block-copolymer nanostructure via electric fields

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-145

  Schmidt, Kristin ^a   Schoberth, Heiko G ^a   Ruppel, Markus ^a   Zettl, Heiko ^a   Hänsel, Helmut ^a   Weiss, Thomas M ^b,d   Urban, Volker ^c   Krausch, Georg ^a,e   Böker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPIC POLARIZABILITIES; NANOPARTICLE TEMPLATES;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 38849161677     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2068     Document Type: Article

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