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Soft lithography

In technology, soft lithography is a family of techniques for fabricating or replicating structures using "elastomeric stamps, molds, and conformable photomasks". It is called "soft" because it uses elastomeric materials, most notably PDMS.

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Soft lithography

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples38
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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related to Further reading · 29
Soft lithography → AID-ANIE550, Angew, Annu, Bibcode, Chem, CO, CS1, Ed, Engl, February, From, In, Int, Mater, Materials Today, Nuzzo, PMID, Quake, Recent, Rev
related to Advantages · 6
Soft lithography → Does, Lower, Nanolithography, Soft, The, They
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Soft lithography → family of techniques for fabricating or replicating structures using
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Soft lithography → PDMS

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pdms soft lithography elasticity doi following nm elastomeric stamp 10 materials high agent allows substrate transparency meaning structures due may

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Soft lithographyis afamily of techniques for fabricating or replicating structures using0.90text
Microfluidics.Isotropicinstance ofPDMS is gas-permeable which is useful in applications0.80text
Soft lithographyrelated to AdvantagesSoft0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to AdvantagesThey0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to AdvantagesLower0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to AdvantagesDoes0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to AdvantagesThe0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to AdvantagesNanolithography0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to Further readingXia0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to Further readingWhitesides0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to Further readingAngew0.60section
Soft lithographyrelated to Further readingChem0.60section

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