Formation of nanoscale liquid menisci in electric fields

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Garcia Martin, Antonio ^a   Garcia, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SHIFT; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

LIQUID PROTRUSION; NANOSCALE LIQUID BRIDGES; NONPOLAR LIQUIDS; POLAR LIQUIDS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 33645533274     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2189162     Document Type: Article

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