Hierarchical structure formation and pattern replication induced by an electric field

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-52

  Morariu, Mihai D ^a   Voicu, Nicoleta E ^a   Schäffer, Erik ^a,b   Lin, Zhiqun ^c   Russell, Thomas P ^c   Steiner, Ullrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MICROMETERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

REPLICATION PROCESSES;

THIN FILMS;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AIR; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0037262566     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat789     Document Type: Article

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