Balance of forces in self-assembled monolayers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 24985-24990

  Gao, Jianzhi ^a   Li, Fangsen ^a   Guo, Quanmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOL MOLECULES; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR LEVELS; STABLE STRUCTURES; TAIL-TAIL INTERACTIONS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

GOLD; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84889602873     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410738e     Document Type: Article

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