Biologically-Inspired Water-Swelling-Driven Fabrication of Centimeter-Level Metallic Nanogaps
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, L.; Wang, Y.; Dai, M.; Zhao, Q.; Wang, X. Biologically-Inspired Water-Swelling-Driven Fabrication of Centimeter-Level Metallic Nanogaps. Micromachines 2021, 12, 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12070735
Wang L, Wang Y, Dai M, Zhao Q, Wang X. Biologically-Inspired Water-Swelling-Driven Fabrication of Centimeter-Level Metallic Nanogaps. Micromachines. 2021; 12(7):735. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12070735
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Lei, Yanping Wang, Meiqin Dai, Qiuling Zhao, and Xia Wang. 2021. "Biologically-Inspired Water-Swelling-Driven Fabrication of Centimeter-Level Metallic Nanogaps" Micromachines 12, no. 7: 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12070735