Conductive aqueous layer formation at the gel-substrate interface in equilibrium with 100% RH environment

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 693-699

  Tencer, Michal ^a  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; GELS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHASE EQUILIBRIA; RELIABILITY; SILICONES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONDUCTIVE AQUEOUS LAYER FORMATION; EQUIVALENT CONDITIONS; INORGANIC SUBSTRATES; ORGANIC SUBSTRATES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLD;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0034482019     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.888855     Document Type: Article

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