On ejecting colloids against capillarity from sub-micrometer openings: on-demand dielectrophoretic nanoprinting.

Adv Mater

ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, Sonneggstr. 3, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.

Published: November 2010

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