Long-range architecture of single lipid-based complex nanoparticles with local hexagonal packing

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-46

  Tresset, Guillaume ^a   Lansac, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRAINED MODELS; COARSE-GRAINED MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX NANOPARTICLES; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DEGREE OF ORDER; FLEXIBLE TUBES; HEXAGONAL PACKING; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO SCHEMES; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; TEMPLATED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLES; POLYELECTROLYTES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 78651229595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101430e     Document Type: Article

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