Creating electrical contacts between metal particles using directed electrochemical growth

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6648, 1997, Pages 268-271

  Bradley, Jean Claude ^a   Chen, Hsuing Ming ^a   Crawrford, Jeffrey ^a   Eckert, Jennifer ^a   Ernazarova, Karima ^a   Kurzeja, Thomas ^a   Lin, Muduo ^a   McGee, Michael ^a   Nadler, Wolfgang ^a   Stephens, Samuel G ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

DIRECTED ELECTROCHEMICAL GROWTH; ELECTRODISSOLUTION; THERMAL PLATING;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031239895     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/38464     Document Type: Article

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