Formation of well-aligned thin films of rod-like nanoparticles via solvent evaporation: A simulation study

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ohta, Seiichi ^a   Inasawa, Susumu ^a   Koike, Osamu ^a   Fujita, Masahiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INITIAL CONFIGURATION; ROUGH SURFACES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMOOTH SURFACE; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; THIN FILM FORMATION; VERTICAL CAPILLARIES; WELL-ALIGNED;

EVAPORATION; SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 67949099067     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/APEX.2.065002     Document Type: Article

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