Pull-in characteristics of electromechanical switches in the presence of Casimir forces: Influence of self-affine surface roughness

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Palasantzas, G ^a   De Hosson, J Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 29744449458     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.115426     Document Type: Article

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