Multistep hierarchical self-assembly of chiral nanopore arrays

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14342-14347

  Kim, Hanim ^a   Lee, Sunhee ^a   Shin, Tae Joo ^b   Korblova, Eva ^c,d   Walba, David M ^c,d   Clark, Noel A ^e   Lee, Sang Bok ^c   Yoon, Dong Ki ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Physics Department Arizona State Univiersity 650 E Tyler Mall   (United States)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Bent core; Chirality; Liquid crystal; Nanoconfinement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907689882     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414840111     Document Type: Article

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