The molecular boat: A hands-on experiment to demonstrate the forces applied to self-assembled monolayers at interfaces

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1547-1550

  Chan, Charlene J ^a   Salaita, Khalid ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84869034661     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200832h     Document Type: Article

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