Self-assembly-driven nematization

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4814-4819

  Nguyen, Khanh Thuy ^a   Sciortino, Francesco ^a,b   De Michele, Cristiano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO;

ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; BI-FUNCTIONAL; CONCENTRATION RANGES; EXCLUDED VOLUME; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SEMI-FLEXIBLE CHAINS; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84899653674     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la500127n     Document Type: Article

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