Anisotropic spinodal dewetting as a mute to self-assembly of patterned surfaces

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6777, 2000, Pages 476-478

  Higgins, A M ^a   Jones, R A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WETTING AGENT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ELECTRONICS; FILM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0034732311     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35006597     Document Type: Article

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