Micro-scale metal contacts for capillary force-driven self-assembly

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Morris, Christopher J ^a,b   Parviz, Babak A ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION PREVENTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; GLYCEROL; OPTIMIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; TIN ALLOYS;

CAPILLARY FORCE; ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; METAL CONTACTS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 41849095614     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/1/015022     Document Type: Article

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