Liquid-phase gallium-indium alloy electronics with microcontact printing

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6194-6200

  Tabatabai, Arya ^a   Fassler, Andrew ^a   Usiak, Claire ^a   Majidi, Carmel ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONALITY; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; MICRO CONTACT PRINTING; PATTERNED DEPOSITION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE STAMPS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TERMINAL ELECTRODES;

DEPOSITION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM; INDIUM ALLOYS; MASKS; PLASTICS; PRINTING; PRINTING PRESSES; SILICONES; TIN DEPOSITS;

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EID: 84878246861     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401245d     Document Type: Article

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