Effects of relative humidity on surface adhesion

Mocaxue Xuebao/Tribology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Qing, Tao ^a   Shao, Tian Min ^a   Wen, Shi Zhu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesion force; Capillary force; Relative humidity; Van der Waals force

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EFFECTS; TRIBOLOGY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ADHESION FORCE; CAPILLARY FORCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 33748701920     PISSN: 10040595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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