Probe based manipulation and assembly of nanowires into organized mesostructures

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2008, Pages

  Reynolds, K ^a   Komulainen, J ^b   Kivijakola, J ^b   Lovera, P ^a   Iacopino, D ^a   Pudas, M ^b   Vahakangas J ^b   Roning J ^b   Redmond, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC WIRE; JOB ANALYSIS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SILICA; TUNGSTEN; WIRE;

ANISOTROPIC OPTICAL PROPERTIES; AXIAL ALIGNMENTS; COMPLEX STRUCTURES; FUSED SILICA SUBSTRATES; MESO STRUCTURES; ORGANIC NANOWIRES; PLATINUM NANOWIRES; POLYFLUORENE; POLYFLUORENE NANOWIRES; POLYMER CHAINS; PROBE BASED; REAL TIMES; SILICON CHIPS; TUNGSTEN WIRES; VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS;

FUSED SILICA;

FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; NANOWIRE; PLATINUM; POLYMER; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149312979     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/48/485301     Document Type: Article

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