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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 344 - 345 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.160
Subject Category: Surface patterning and imaging
Nanostructures: Drip painting on a hot canvas
Colin Bain1
- Colin Bain is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK. e-mail: c.d.bain@durham.ac.uk
Abstract
When droplets of water containing metal particles are deposited on a hot surface, they are supported by a thin layer of vapour that lets them slide, essentially friction free. The metal trails the droplets leave in their wake could be useful for making nanowires.
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