Self-assembly of (sub-)micron particles into supermaterials

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Elwenspoek, Miko ^a,b   Abelmann, Leon ^b   Berenschot, Erwin ^b   Van Honschoten, Joost ^b   Jansen, Henri ^b   Tas, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISORDERED REGIONS; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTY; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; KINETIC PROCESS; MACROSCOPIC SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL INTERCONNECTIONS; STATIC FRICTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STICTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 78650911534     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/6/064001     Document Type: Article

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