Dynamic designing of microstructures by chemical gradient-mediated growth

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 6584-

  Shim, Tae Soup ^a,b   Yang, Seung Man ^a   Kim, Shin Hyun ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; POLYMER;

COMPLEXITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESIGN METHOD; DIFFUSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN; POLYMERIZATION; SHAPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOLITHOTROPH; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84924678235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7584     Document Type: Article

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