Droplet manipulation by an external electric field for crystalline film growth

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 9592-9597

  Komino, Takeshi ^a   Kuwabara, Hirokazu ^a,b   Ikeda, Masaaki ^b   Yahiro, Masayuki ^c   Takimiya, Kazuo ^d   Adachi, Chihaya ^a,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON KAYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Industry Academia Symphonicity   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE FILMS; DROPLET MANIPULATION; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FILM FORMATIONS; SOLID/LIQUID INTERFACES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SURFACE WETTABILITY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FILM GROWTH; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

DROPS;

EID: 84881041835     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401729k     Document Type: Article

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