Nanoparticle organization in sandwiched polymer brushes

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2617-2622

  Curk, Tine ^a   Martinez Veracoechea, Francisco J ^a   Frenkel, Daan ^a   Dobnikar, Jure ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

microphase separation; nanocolloids; nanostructures; polymer nanoparticle mixtures; Self assembly; surface grafted polymers

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMERS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MICROPHASE SEPARATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

APPROXIMATE EQUATION; COLLOIDAL STRUCTURES; ENTROPIC INTERACTIONS; GRAFTED POLYMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-COLLOIDS; ORDERED STRUCTURES; PATTERN FORMATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84900485364     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl500449x     Document Type: Article

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