Broken symmetry and the variation of critical properties in the phase behaviour of supramolecular rhombus tilings

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Stannard, Andrew ^a   Russell, James C ^a   Blunt, Matthew O ^a   Salesiotis, Christos ^a   Giménez López, María Del Carmen ^a   Taleb, Nassiba ^a   Schröder, Martin ^a   Champness, Neil R ^a   Garrahan, Juan P ^a   Beton, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856030863     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1199     Document Type: Article

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