Plasticity in self-assembly: Templating generates functionally different circuits from a single precursor

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 29, 2003, Pages 3368-3371

  Boncheva, Mila ^a   Ferrigno, Rosaria ^a   Bruzewicz, Derek A ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary forces; Microelectronics; Self assembly; Templating

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; PLASTICITY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

SELF ASSEMBLY AGGREGATES;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; FORCE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PLASTICITY; PRECURSOR; SPACE;

EID: 0042029703     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351533     Document Type: Article

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