Nanostructure engineering by templated self-assembly of block copolymers

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 823-828

  Cheng, Joy Y ^a   Mayes, Anne M ^a   Ross, Caroline A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); NANOTECHNOLOGY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

MAGNETIC MEDIA; NANOFABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS;

EID: 8344275974     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1211     Document Type: Article

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