Self-assembly of diblock copolymer-maghemite nanoparticle hybrid thin films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 18152-18162

  Yao, Yuan ^a   Metwalli, Ezzeldin ^a   Moulin, Jean François ^b   Su, Bo ^a   Opel, Matthias ^c   Müller Buschbaum, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c WALTHER MEISSNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

block copolymer; maghemite nanoparticle; self assembly; thin film; TOF GISANS

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; HEMATITE; METALS; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OXIDE FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SQUIDS; STYRENE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

GRAZING INCIDENCE SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERINGS; MAGHEMITE NANOPARTICLE; N-BUTYL METHACRYLATE; NANOSTRUCTURED HYBRIDS; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC PROPERTY; TOF-GISANS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84908181241     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505143h     Document Type: Article

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