Fabrication of Antireflective Nanostructures on a Transmission Grating Surface Using a One-Step Self-Masking Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Shao, T.; Tang, F.; Sun, L.; Ye, X.; He, J.; Yang, L.; Zheng, W. Fabrication of Antireflective Nanostructures on a Transmission Grating Surface Using a One-Step Self-Masking Method. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 180. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020180
Shao T, Tang F, Sun L, Ye X, He J, Yang L, Zheng W. Fabrication of Antireflective Nanostructures on a Transmission Grating Surface Using a One-Step Self-Masking Method. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(2):180. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020180
Chicago/Turabian StyleShao, Ting, Feng Tang, Laixi Sun, Xin Ye, Junhui He, Liming Yang, and Wanguo Zheng. 2019. "Fabrication of Antireflective Nanostructures on a Transmission Grating Surface Using a One-Step Self-Masking Method" Nanomaterials 9, no. 2: 180. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020180