Pattern-directed dewetting of ultrathin polymer films

Langmuir

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 7041-7048

  Sehgal, Amit ^a   Ferreiro, Vincent ^a   Douglas, Jack F ^a   Amis, Eric J ^a   Karim, Alamgir ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWETTING;

DECOMPOSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYSTYRENES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0037015380     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la020180l     Document Type: Article

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