Replication of flexible polymer membranes with geometry-controllable nano-apertures via a hierarchical mould-based dewetting

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cho, Hyesung ^a   Kim, Junsoo ^a   Park, Hyunchul ^a   Won Bang, Jung ^a   Seop Hyun, Moon ^b,c   Bae, Yongjun ^a   Ha, Laura ^a   Yoon Kim, Do ^d   Min Kang, Seong ^a   Jung Park, Tae ^c   Seo, Soonmin ^d   Choi, Mansoo ^a   Suh, Kahp Yang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Nano Fab Center (NNFC)   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; RESIN;

GEOMETRY; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; RESIN; SILICON; WETTING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEWETTING; GEOMETRY; MEMBRANE; MOULD; REINFORCEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84918841780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4137     Document Type: Article

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