Microwave-induced chemical etching (MCE): A fast etching technique for the solid polymeric track detectors (SPTD)

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 612, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Tripathy, S P ^a   Kolekar, R V ^a   Sunil, C ^a   Sarkar, P K ^a   Dwivedi, K K ^b   Sharma, D N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical etching; Electro chemical etching; Microwave induced chemical etching; Plasma etching; Solid polymeric track detectors (SPTD); Ultrasonic etching

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ETCHING; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ETCHING; ETCHING METHOD; ETCHING TECHNIQUE; LATENT TRACKS; SHARP EDGES; TRACK DETECTORS;

DETECTORS; MICROWAVES; PLASMA ETCHING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 72649095612     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.096     Document Type: Article

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