Tunable Nanochannels Fabricated by Mechanical Wrinkling/Folding of a Stiff Skin on a Soft Polymer. Issue 3 (25th November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nagashima, So; Ebrahimi, Hamid; Lee, Kwang‐Ryeol; Vaziri, Ashkan; Moon, Myoung‐Woon
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials interfaces. Volume 2:Issue 3(2015)
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• Publication Date: 2014-11-25
• Subjects: Materials science -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/admi.201400493
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2196-7350

Abstract

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