Chemical Mechanical Polishing as a Contact Problem

Publications:
J. J. Vlassak, "A model for chemical-mechanical polishing of a material surface based on contact mechanics", J. Mech. Phys. Solids 52, 847-873 (2004). (Download)
J. J. Vlassak, "A contact-mechanics based model for dishing and erosion in chemical-mechanical polishing", Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 671, M4.6.1 (2001). (Download)


