Extreme wettability of nanostructured glass fabricated by non-lithographic, anisotropic etching

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yu, Eusun ^a,b   Kim, Seul Cham ^b   Lee, Heon Ju ^a   Oh, Kyu Hwan ^b   Moon, Myoung Woon ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84925310695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09362     Document Type: Article

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