Direct printing of nanostructures by electrostatic autofocussing of ink nanodroplets

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Galliker, P ^a   Schneider, J ^a   Eghlidi, H ^a   Kress, S ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a,b   Poulikakos, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANODROPLET; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INK;

ACCURACY; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PRINTING TECHNIQUE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VAPORIZATION; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PRINTING;

INK; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRINTING; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84863317034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1891     Document Type: Article

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