Metal-dielectric interface toughening by catalyzed ring opening in a monolayer

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 336-340

  Garg, Saurabh ^a   Singh, Binay ^a   Liu, Xinxing ^a   Jain, Ashutosh ^a   Ravishankar, N ^a   Interrante, Leonard ^a   Ramanath, Ganpati ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Interfaces; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; GLUE LAYERS; INTERFACES; METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; NOVEL STRATEGIES; ORGANOSILANE MONOLAYERS; POLARIZABILITIES; POLYMER PRECURSORS; RING OPENING;

CATALYSIS; MONOLAYERS; SILICA; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77149150672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz9001357     Document Type: Article

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