Colloidal inorganic nanocrystal based nanocomposites: Functional materials for micro and nanofabrication

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1316-1352

  Ingrosso, Chiara ^a   Panniello, AnnaMaria ^a   Comparelli, Roberto ^a   Curri, Maria Lucia ^a   Striccoli, Marinella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites materials; Nanocrystals; Patterning

Indexed keywords

INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; INORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS; MATERIAL CHEMISTRY; MESOSCOPIC MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTAL (NCS); PATTERNING; STRUCTURAL BUILDINGS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSORS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79960074985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3021316     Document Type: Review

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