Nonadditivity of nanoparticle interactions

Science

Volumn 350, Issue 6257, 2015, Pages

  Batista, Carlos A Silvera ^a   Larson, Ronald G ^a   Kotov, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL BONDING; HEURISTICS; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DERJAGUIN LANDAU VERWEY OVERBEEK THEORY; DIPOLE; DISPERSION; ENTROPY; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOLUBILIZATION; SOLVATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THEORY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTION;

EID: 84943783018     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1242477     Document Type: Review

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