Scalable fabrication of polymer membranes with vertically aligned 1 nm pores by magnetic field directed self-Assembly

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 11977-11986

  Feng, Xunda ^a   Tousley, Marissa E ^a   Cowan, Matthew G ^b,c   Wiesenauer, Brian R ^b   Nejati, Siamak ^a   Choo, Youngwoo ^a   Noble, Richard D ^c   Elimelech, Menachem ^a   Gin, Douglas L ^b,c   Osuji, Chinedum O ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

aligned membranes; directed self Assembly; ionic conductivity; LC mesophase; magnetic alignment; nanoporous polymers

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CROSSLINKING; FABRICATION; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEMBRANES; NANOPORES; POLYMER FILMS; SELF ASSEMBLY; X RAY SCATTERING;

ALIGNED MEMBRANE; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT; MESOPHASES; NANOPOROUS POLYMERS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84919705405     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505037b     Document Type: Article

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