Investigation of fluidic assembly of nanowires using a droplet inside microchannels

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Salalha, Wael ^a   Zussman, Eyal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARY FLOW; PHOTONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WIRE;

FLUIDIC ASSEMBLY; MICROCHANNELS; ORIENTED ASSEMBLY; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 21244447987     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1925047     Document Type: Article

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