Polymer-induced inverse-temperature crystallization of nanoparticles on a substrate

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9920-9926

  Cao, Xue Zheng ^a   Merlitz, Holger ^a,b   Wu, Chen Xu ^b   Sommer, Jens Uwe ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adsorption; correlation; crystallization; depletion; nanoparticle; polymer

Indexed keywords

COMPETING EFFECTS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; DEPLETION; DEPLETION ATTRACTION; HOMOGENEOUS STATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYMER-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; SEMIDILUTE REGIME;

ADSORPTION; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84888874486     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4037738     Document Type: Article

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