Spontaneous surface flattening via layer-by-layer assembly of interdiffusing polyelectrolyte multilayers

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 17756-17763

  Kim, Young Hun ^a   Lee, Yong Man ^b   Park, Juhyun ^c   Ko, Min Jae ^d   Park, Jong Hyeok ^a   Jung, Woncheol ^e   Yoo, Pil J ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING LAYERS; BUILD-UP PROCESS; CONFINED STRUCTURES; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY STATE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE SUBSTRATES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; PATTERNED SURFACE; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PLANARIZATION; POLYACRYLIC ACIDS; POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER; POLYETHYLENIMINES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE FLATTENING; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE PLANARIZATION; SURFACE SMOOTHING; SURFACE TEXTURES; SURFACE-ROUGHENING; THIN LAYERS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FILM PREPARATION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TOPOLOGY;

DEPOSITION;

ELECTROLYTE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; POLYMER; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DIFFUSION; ELECTROLYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78650328039     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la103282m     Document Type: Article

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