Meso-patterning of thin polymer films by controlled dewetting: From nano-droplet arrays to membranes

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2069-2075

  Mukherjee, Rabibrata ^a,b   Gonuguntla, Manoj ^a   Sharma, Ashutosh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dewetting; Mesoscopic self assembly; Self organized structure; Surface instability; Thin film

Indexed keywords

DE-WETTING; DEFECT FREE; DROPLET ARRAYS; HETEROGENEOUS SUBSTRATES; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; LENGTH SCALING; MESO SCALE; NANO-DROPLETS; NANO-MEMBRANES; ORDERED ARRAYS; PATTERNED SURFACES; POW ERFUL TOOL; SIZE CONTROL; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; SPINODAL; THICKNESS OF THE FILM; THIN POLYMER FILMS;

CHEMICALS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FILM THICKNESS; FLUID MECHANICS; LITHOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

POLYMER FILMS;

BAYSILON; DIMETICONE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34547878698     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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