SMART transfer method to directly compare the mechanical response of water-supported and free-standing ultrathin polymeric films

Intrinsic mechanical properties of sub-100 nm thin films are markedly difficult to obtain, yet an ever-growing necessity for emerging fields such as soft organic electronics. Here, the authors present a shear motion assisted transfer technique for fabricating free-standing sub-100 nm thin films and...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luke A. Galuska, Eric S. Muckley, Zhiqiang Cao, Dakota F. Ehlenberg, Zhiyuan Qian, Song Zhang, Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Minh D. Phan, John F. Ankner, Ilia N. Ivanov, Xiaodan Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22473-w