Structural, electrical, electronic and optical properties of melanin films

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Abbas, M ^a   D'Amico, F ^a   Morresi, L ^a   Pinto, N ^a   Ficcadenti, M ^a   Natali, R ^a   Ottaviano, L ^b   Passacantando, M ^b   Cuccioloni, M ^a   Angeletti, M ^a   Gunnella, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPIES; CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURES; DIHYDROXYINDOLE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIORS; IN VACUUMS; IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS; MELANIN FILMS; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SEM; SPECTRAL CHANGES; SPRAY DEPOSITIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENTS; WATER MOLECULES; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DESORPTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYSTERESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

5,6 DIHYDROXY 2 INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6-DIHYDROXY-2-INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; HUMAN; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; INDOLES; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 67349252461     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2008-10437-9     Document Type: Article

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