Using shape for self-assembly

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1969, 2012, Pages 2824-2847

  Cademartiri, Ludovico ^a   Bishop, Kyle J M ^b   Snyder, Phillip W ^a   Ozin, Geoffrey A ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanochemistry; Nanocrystals; Nanowires; Self assembly; Shape

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES;

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; HARD MATERIAL; NANO CHEMISTRY; NANO SCALE; SHAPE;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

BIOPOLYMER; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84861954919     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0254     Document Type: Review

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