Self-assembly of microscale objects at a liquid/liquid interface through lateral capillary forces

Langmuir

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1757-1765

  Bowden, Ned ^a   Arias, Francisco ^a   Deng, Tao ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATERAL CAPILLARY FORCES;

AROMATIC POLYMERS; EVAPORATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTORESISTS; SHEAR STRESS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0035815067     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la001447o     Document Type: Article

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