Patterned films of nanotubes using microcontact printing of catalysts

Advanced Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1285-1289

  Kind, Hannes ^a   Bonard, Jean Marc ^a   Emmenegger, Christophe ^b   Nilsson, Lars Ola ^b   Hernadi, Klara ^c   Maillard Schaller, Eliane ^b   Schlapbach, Louis ^b   Forró, László ^a   Kern, Klaus ^a,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FILM GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON WAFERS; TRANSITION METALS;

MICROCONTACT PRINTING;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0033362634     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199910)11:15<1285::AID-ADMA1285>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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