Block copolymer self-assembly-directed synthesis of mesoporous gyroidal superconductors

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Robbins, Spencer W ^a,b   Beaucage, Peter A ^a   Sai, Hiroaki ^a,c   Tan, Kwan Wee ^a,d   Werner, Jörg G ^a,b   Sethna, James P ^a   DiSalvo, Francis J ^b   Gruner, Sol M ^a,b   Van Dover, Robert B ^a   Wiesner, Ulrich ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Northwestern University ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM OXIDE; ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOL-GELS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

BLOCK COPOLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; BULK COUNTERPART; COPOLYMER SELF ASSEMBLIES; CORRELATION STUDIES; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DIRECTED SYNTHESIS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; SYNTHETIC APPROACH;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

NIOBIUM; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

NIOBIUM; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 85015788682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501119     Document Type: Article

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