Spontaneous formation of ordered lateral patterns in polymer thin-film structures

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1081-1088

  Okayasu, Toshiki ^a   Zhang, Hao Li ^a   Bucknal, David G ^a   Andrew, G ^a   Briggs, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEAT TREATMENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

LATERAL DEFORMATION; LATERAL MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE BUCKLING; TOPOGRAPHY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 10644289536     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200305014     Document Type: Article

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