Dynamics of crystal structure formation in spin-coated colloidal films

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1481-1486

  Giuliani, Maximiliano ^a,b   González Viñas, Wenceslao ^b   Poduska, Kristin M ^a   Yethiraj, Anand ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macromolecules; Soft Matter

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL FILMS; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; EVAPORATION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; LATE STAGE; NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESS; NONDIMENSIONAL; POLYCRYSTALLINE; ROTATION RATE; SOFT MATTER; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRESS PROFILE; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; TIME UNITS; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; UNIVERSAL CURVE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COATINGS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 77952069591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1002605     Document Type: Article

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