Soft nanostructured films for directing the assembly of functional materials

Nanotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2017, Pages

  Steer, D ^a   Kang, M ^a   Leal, C ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

hybrid membranes; lipid; nanocomposite; nanomaterials; self assembly; structure directing agents; thin films

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; FILMS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; LIPIDS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES;

CELL MEMBRANE MODELS; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC; MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED SUBSTRATES; STRUCTURAL MEMBRANES; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 85015768323     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa5d77     Document Type: Review

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