Transfer molding of nanoscale oxides using water-soluble templates

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4065-4072

  Bass, John D ^a   Schaper, Charles D ^b   Rettner, Charles T ^a   Arellano, Noel ^a   Alharbi, Fahhad H ^c   Miller, Robert D ^a   Kim, Ho Cheol ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Transfer Devices Inc   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Metal oxides; Microtransfer molding; Multilayered structures; Nanostructures; Titania

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; FACILE METHOD; FEATURE SIZES; FUNCTIONAL SURFACES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; METAL OXIDES; MICRO-TRANSFER MOLDING; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLE PRECURSORS; NANOSCALE OXIDES; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED OXIDES; ORGANOSILICATES; OXIDE STRUCTURES; POLYMERIC TEMPLATES; SCALABLE METHODS; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY; TIO; TITANIA;

ASPECT RATIO; COATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCALABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

METAL MOLDING;

NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 80051482700     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2006514     Document Type: Article

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