Using focused electron beams to drill straight nanopores on a membrane

International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 157-162

  Wang, Yung Cheng ^a   Wang, Dau Chung ^a   Lin, Tsan Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electron beam drilling; Hourglass profile; Nanopores; TEM fabrication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923644571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22239766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5875/ausmt.v4i3.556     Document Type: Article

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