Microfabricated microneedle with porous tip for drug delivery

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 958-964

  Ji, Jing ^a   Tay, Francis E H ^a,c   Miao, Jianmin ^b   Iliescu, Ciprian ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DRUG DOSAGE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PHOTORESISTS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SILICON NITRIDE;

CRITICAL BUCKLING LOADING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING; SILICON MICRONEEDLE ARRAY;

SILICON;

EID: 33744502619     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/5/012     Document Type: Article

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