Estimating the Density of Thin Polymeric Films Using Magnetic Levitation

Root, Samuel E.; Gao, Rui; Abrahamsson, Christoffer K.; Kodaimati, Mohamad S.; Ge, Shencheng; Whitesides, George M.

doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c04798

Estimating the Density of Thin Polymeric Films Using Magnetic Levitation

Journal Article · 17 August 2021 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c04798· OSTI ID:1978374

Root, Samuel E. ^[1]; Gao, Rui ^[1]; Abrahamsson, Christoffer K. ^[1]; Kodaimati, Mohamad S. ^[1]; Ge, Shencheng ^[1]; ^[1]

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Not provided.

Research Organization:: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-00ER45852

OSTI ID:: 1978374

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 15, Issue 10; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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