Predicting the disorder-order transition of solvent-free nanoparticle-organic hybrid materials

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 8197-8202

  Yu, Hsiu Yu ^a   Koch, Donald L ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATIONAL ENTROPY; DISORDER-ORDER TRANSITIONS; DISORDERED PHASE; FACE CENTERED CUBIC PHASE; PARTICLE RADII; RADIUS OF GYRATION; RANDOM SYSTEMS; SOLVENT-FREE SYSTEM;

HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; SOLVENTS;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 84880194291     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401252y     Document Type: Article

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