Determining local residual strains of polydimethylsiloxane using ink dots, and stiffening polydimethylsiloxane using SU-8 particles

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 677-681

  Luo, Cheng ^a   Garra, John ^a   Schneider, Thomas W ^a,b   White, Robert ^a,b   Currie, John ^a   Paranjape, Makarand ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS MOLDING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

INK DOTS; POLYMETHYLSILOXANE; RESIDUAL STRAIN;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0036735654     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/12/5/325     Document Type: Article

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