Laser turns silicon superwicking

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 6455-6460

  Vorobyev, A Y ^a   Guo, Chunlei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; LIQUID MOTION; NOVEL SURFACES; SQUARE ROOTS; TIME DEPENDENCE; WICKING;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SILICON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

BIOPHYSICS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77950284675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.006455     Document Type: Article

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