Surface-tension driven self-assembly of microchips on hydrophobic receptor sites with water using forced wetting

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Bo ^a   Shah, Ali ^a   Routa, Iiris ^a   Lipsanen, Harri ^a   Zhou, Quan ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; AMBIENT AIR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; RECEPTOR SITES; SELF ALIGNMENT; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; WATER DROPLETS;

ALIGNMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SELF ASSEMBLY; WETTING;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84866330750     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4751980     Document Type: Article

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