Dewetting assisted patterning of polystyrene by soft lithography to create nanotrenches for nanomaterial deposition

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-260

  Radha, B ^a   Kulkarni, G U ^a  

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

Author keywords

dewetting; metal nanopatterns.; micromolding in capillaries; nanotrenches; Polystyrene; soft lithography

Indexed keywords

DE-WETTING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MICROMOLDING IN CAPILLARIES; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTRENCHES; PARALLEL CHANNEL; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

CAPILLARITY; ELECTROLESS PLATING; GLASS TRANSITION; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROMACHINING; MOLDING; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POLYSTYRENES;

FILLED POLYMERS;

EID: 70350433814     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am800172f     Document Type: Article

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