Nano-electrochemistry and nano-electrografting with an original combined afm-secm

Nanomaterials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-316

  Ghorbal, Achraf ^a   Grisotto, Federico ^b   Charlier, Julienne ^b   Palacin, Serge ^b   Goyer, Cédric ^c   Demaille, Christophe ^d   Brahim, Ammar Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b Atomic Energy Commission of Saclay ^*  (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; AFM SECM; Interface; Nano electrochemistry; Nano electrografting; Nano functionalization; Nano process; SECM; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012156752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano3020303     Document Type: Article

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