Fabrication of high-aspect-ratio microscale mold inserts by parallel μEDM

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 839-845

  Cao, D M ^a   Jiang, J ^a   Yang, R ^a   Meng, W J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRODEPOSITION;

GEOMETRICAL COMPLEXITY; HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO MICROSCALE STRUCTURES (HARMS); MICROPATTERN;

MOLDS;

EID: 33745215629     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-006-0131-1     Document Type: Article

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