Nanoimprint lithography: Principles, processes and materials

Nanoimprint Lithography: Principles, Processes and Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-73

  Lan, Hongbo ^a   Ding, Yucheng ^a   Liu, Hongzhong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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