Fast flexible electronics with strained silicon nanomembranes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Han ^a   Seo, Jung Hun ^a   Paskiewicz, Deborah M ^b   Zhu, Ye ^b   Celler, George K ^c   Voyles, Paul M ^b   Zhou, Weidong ^d   Lagally, Max G ^b   Ma, Zhenqiang ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

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EID: 84874338540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01291     Document Type: Article

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