Core-shell polymer nanorods by a two-step template wetting process

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 29, 2009, Pages

  Dougherty, S ^a   Liang, J ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANORODS; NANOWIRES; WETTING;

CONTROLLABLE SHELL THICKNESS; CORE SHELL NANO STRUCTURES; CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGIES; CORESHELL POLYMERS; SHELL THICKNESS; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; TEMPLATE WETTING; TWO-COMPONENT;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

NANOROD; NANOWIRE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; ALUMINUM OXIDE; LACTIC ACID; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEASIBILITY STUDY; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; WETTABILITY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; VISCOSITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 67651159096     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/29/295301     Document Type: Article

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