Vertically oriented hexagonal mesoporousfilms formed through nanometre-scaleepitaxy

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 712-717

  Richman, Erik K ^a   Brezesinski, Torsten ^a   Tolbert, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PORE SIZE; SWELLING; THIN FILMS;

HEXAGONAL HONEYCOMB PHASE; HONEYCOMB-STRUCTURED FILMS; INORGANIC MATERIALS; NANOSCALE ARCHITECTURES; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; PORE ORIENTATIONS; SELF-ASSEMBLED SYSTEMS; SELF-ORGANIZED MATERIAL;

NANOPORES;

EID: 50049114809     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2257     Document Type: Article

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