Two-dimensional stick-slip on a soft elastic polymer: Pattern generation using atomic force microscopy

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2581-2589

  Watson, J A ^a   Brown, C L ^a   Myhra, S ^a,b   Watson, G S ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SILICONES;

FRICTION LOOP ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEOUS PATTERNS; POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXANE) (PDMS); SHALLOW CHANNELS; SLIDING FRICTION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 33646791196     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/10/023     Document Type: Article

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