Chinese brushes: From controllable liquid manipulation to template-free printing microlines

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-105

  Wang, Qianbin ^a   Meng, Qingan ^a   Liu, Huan ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a,b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese brushes; direct printing; dynamic wetting; liquid transfer; multi scale structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925517565     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0699-1     Document Type: Review

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