Formation of ultra-thin bi-molecular boundary adsorbed films

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Chong, W W F ^a   Teodorescu, M ^a,b   Rahnejat, H ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHERENT FILMS; ADSORBED FILMS; ADSORPTION ENERGIES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY SOLIDS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DISCRETIZATIONS; FLUID VOLUMES; INTEGRATED EFFECTS; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; MOLECULAR ADSORPTION; MOLECULAR CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR LAYER; MOLECULAR MONOLAYER; MOLECULAR SPECIES; NANO SCALE; SHEAR CHARACTERISTICS; SMOOTH SURFACE; SOLVATION PRESSURE; SURFACE ASPERITIES; SURFACE-FLUID COMBINATIONS; ULTRA-THIN; WALL ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL BONDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

EID: 84857955300     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/11/115303     Document Type: Article

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