Chemically enhancing block copolymers for block-selective synthesis of self-assembled metal oxide nanostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Kamcev, Jovan ^a   Germack, David S ^b   Nykypanchuk, Dmytro ^a   Grubbs, Robert B ^a   Nam, Chang Yong ^a   Black, Charles T ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; block copolymers; infiltration synthesis; metal oxides; photo oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; BLOCK COPOLYMER TEMPLATES; BLOCK COPOLYMER THIN FILMS; COPOLYMER BLOCKS; METAL OXIDES; METHYL METHACRYLATES; NEAR EDGE X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; ORGANOMETALLIC PRECURSORS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; THIN FILM TEMPLATE; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOADING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANOMETALLICS; OXIDES; POLYSTYRENES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZINC OXIDE;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872851940     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304122b     Document Type: Article

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