Hydrophobicity, adhesion, and friction properties of nanopatterned polymers and scale dependence for micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1607-1613

  Burton, Zachary ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREA; NANOPATTERNS; PATTERNED SURFACES; SCALE DEPENDENCE;

ADHESION; ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; FRICTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYURETHAN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FRICTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACRYLATES; ADHESIVENESS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRICTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; MINIATURIZATION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYURETHANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 24344504069     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl050861b     Document Type: Article

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