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Electrostatic Self-Assembly (demo)

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Overview and Learning Objectives

Users can effectively create a film using a charged substrate.

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Central Concepts

Key Concept:

Electrostatic Self-Assembly (ESA) is a technique for fabricating a thin film exactly one molecule thick on a charged substrate. ESA is a promising nanotechnology that can be used to mass-produce nanoscale thin films that have extraordinary properties.

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Molecular Biology

  • Self-assembly

Physics/Chemistry

  • Charge

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Created by CC Project: CCATOMS using Molecular Workbench

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  • Java 1.5+ - Java 1.5+ is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X 10.4 and greater. If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, you can download MW Version 1.3 and explore within it instead.

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