Self-organization of nanoscale multilayer liquid metal films: Experiment and theory

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 470-476

  Krishna, Hare ^a   Shirato, Nozomi ^b   Yadavali, Sagar ^b   Sachan, Ritesh ^b,c   Strader, Jeremy ^b,c   Kalyanaraman, Ramki ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilayer; Cobalt; Dewetting; Laser; Liquid; Metal; Nanostructure; Plasmon; Self assembly; Silver; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BILAYER LIQUIDS; COUPLED DEFORMATION; DE-WETTING; ENERGY RATES; FREE ENERGY CHANGE; INORGANIC SYSTEMS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LENGTH SCALE; LIQUID METAL FILMS; METALLIC LIQUID; NANOSCALE MULTILAYERS; NANOSECOND PULSED LASER; NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAYS; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZED PATTERNING; SPONTANEOUS PATTERN FORMATION; SYNTHESIS ROUTE; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COBALT; ENERGY HARVESTING; FILM PREPARATION; LASER THEORY; LIQUID FILMS; LIQUID METALS; MULTILAYER FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PULSED LASERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

COBALT; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

COBALT; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955134189     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1022632     Document Type: Article

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