Off-wafer fabrication and surface modification of asymmetric 3D SU-8 microparticles

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3153-3158

  Tao, Sarah L ^a   Popat, Ketul ^a   Desai, Tejal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; MICROSPHERE; POLYMER; SU 8 COMPOUND; SU-8 COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MICROSPHERES; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548841070     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.451     Document Type: Article

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