Nanostructured magnetic thin films from organometallic block copolymers: Pyrolysis of self-assembled polystyrene-block-poly(ferrocenylethylmethylsilane)

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-270

  Rider, David A ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Eloi, Jean Charles ^b   Vanderark, Lawrence ^a   Yang, Ling ^c   Wang, Jia Yu ^c   Grozea, Dan ^a   Lu, Zheng Hong ^a   Russell, Thomas P ^c   Manners, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymer lithography; Magnetic particles; Nanomaterials; Nanostructured ceramic; Nanotechnology; Polyferrocenylsilane; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYSTYRENES; PYROLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED CERAMIC; POLYFERROCENYLETHYLMETHYLSILANE;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

NANOMATERIAL; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAT; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 42549158050     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn7002629     Document Type: Article

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