Dendritic-to-faceted crystal pattern transition of ultrathin poly(ethylene oxide) films

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Guoliang ^a   Jin, Liuxin ^a   Ma, Zhenpeng ^a   Zhai, Xuemei ^a,c   Yang, Miao ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wegner, Gerhard ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Dow Chemical (China) Investment Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMERS; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); ETHYLENE; FRACTAL DIMENSION; INSECTICIDES; OXIDE FILMS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ATOMIC FORCES; CRYSTAL PATTERNS; DENDRITIC CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION FIELDS; FACET GROWTHS; FACETED CRYSTALS; PATTERN SELECTIONS; POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE); SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; TRANSVERSE GROWTHS; VELOCITY RATIOS;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 57649188766     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3037229     Document Type: Article

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