Dewetting of conducting polymer inkjet droplets on patterned surfaces

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Wang, J Z ^a   Zheng, Z H ^a   Li, H W ^b   Huck, W T S ^b   Sirringhaus, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRON BEAMS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INK; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LITHOGRAPHY; SCREEN PRINTING; SWITCHING; WETTING;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; PATTERNED SURFACES;

POLYMERS;

INK; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRINTING;

HYDROPHOBICITY; INK; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; PRINTING;

EID: 1542303720     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1073     Document Type: Article

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