Nanotribological characterization of self-assembled monolayers deposited on silicon and aluminium substrates

Nanotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1549-1558

  Tambe, Nikhil S ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ALUMINUM; CHARACTERIZATION; DEPOSITION; FLUOROCARBONS; FRICTION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; SILICON; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SUBSTRATES; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ADHESIVE FORCE; ALUMINUM SUBSTRATES; FRICTION FORCE; NANOTRIBOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 23444453674     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/9/024     Document Type: Article

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