Improved Langmuir-Blodgett titanate films via in situ exfoliation study and optimization of deposition parameters

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8567-8574

  Yuan, Huiyu ^a   Lubbers, Roy ^a   Besselink, Rogier ^a   Nijland, Maarten ^a   Ten Elshof, Johan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

exfoliation; Langmuir Blodgett deposition; nanosheets; tetraalkylammonium; titanate

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; NANOSHEETS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; EXFOLIATION; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT DEPOSITION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TETRAALKYLAMMONIUM; TITANATE; TITANATE NANOSHEETS;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84902449184     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501380d     Document Type: Article

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