Self-organization of polystyrenes into ordered microstructured films and their replication by soft lithography

Langmuir

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3480-3485

  Bolognesi, A ^a   Mercogliano, C ^a   Yunus, S ^a   Civardi, M ^b   Comoretto, D ^b   Turturro, A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COOLING; CRYSTALS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

MICROMOLDING IN CAPILLARIES TECHNIQUES (MIMIC); ORDERED MICROSTRUCTURED FILMS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

LITHOGRAPHY;

EID: 17444390105     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la047427u     Document Type: Article

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