Deformation of metallic liquid drop by electric field for contacts in molecular-organic electronics

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 465, Issue 2106, 2009, Pages 1799-1808

  Bag, M ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Arun, N ^a   Narayan, K S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Contacts; Electric field; Liquid metal

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID METALS; MELTING POINT; SMELTING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

CONTACTS; CRITICAL VOLTAGES; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LINEAR RESPONSE; LIQUID STATE; LOW MELTING TEMPERATURES; METALLIC LIQUID; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYMER ELECTRONICS; SURFACE ENERGIES;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 67149118148     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0460     Document Type: Article

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