Control of structural, electronic, and optical properties of eumelanin films by electrospray deposition

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 115, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 11199-11207

  Abbas, M ^a   Ali, M ^b   Shah, S K ^b   D'Amico, F ^c   Postorino, P ^d   Mangialardo, S ^d   Guidi, M Cestelli ^e   Cricenti, A ^f   Gunnella, R ^b,f  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; DISEASES; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTROSPRAY DEPOSITION; EUMELANIN FILMS; EUMELANINS; HIGH-QUALITY FILMS; INTRINSIC DISORDER; MELANOMA CANCER; SUPRAMOLECULAR ORGANIZATIONS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80053116137     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp2033577     Document Type: Article

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