Mechanical comparison of a polymer nanocomposite to a ceramic thin-film anti-reflective filter

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3584-3590

  Druffel, Thad ^a   Geng, Kebin ^b   Grulke, Eric ^b  

^a Optical Dynamics Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CRACKS; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLYMERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

ANTI-REFLECTIVE FILTERS; FORCE DEFLECTION; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; THIN-FILM FILTERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33745685315     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/14/038     Document Type: Article

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