The assembly of micron sized glass spheres on structured surfaces by dewetting

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 327, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Tull, Elizabeth J ^a   Bartlett, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary; Chemical patterning; Particles; PDMS; Self assembly; Spheres; Structured substrates; Wetting

Indexed keywords

GLASS; GOLD; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES; CAPILLARY; CHEMICAL PATTERNING; CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY; DE-WETTING; DEVICE APPLICATIONS; GLASS SPHERES; GOLD SURFACES; GOLD-COATED; LANGMUIR; PARTICLES; PDMS; SELF-ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURED SUBSTRATES; STRUCTURED SURFACES; TOP SURFACE; WETTING;

SPHERES;

GLASS; GOLD; THIOL;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 49549114452     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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