Synthesis and electron microscopic analysis of the self-assembly of polymer and ferritin core-shell structures

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 636-641

  Wu, Laying ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Blom, Douglas ^a   Zhao, Jibin ^a   Ghoshroy, Soumitra ^a   Wang, Qian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell structure; EDS; Ferritin; P4VP; Self assembly; TEM thin sectioning

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; FERRITIN; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; POLY(4-VINYL PYRIDINE); POLY(4-VINYLPYRIDINE); POLY4-VINYLPYRIDINE (PVP); SPHERICAL CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE; THIN-SECTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY THIN SECTIONING;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 79959521187     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20891     Document Type: Article

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