Improved cost-effective fabrication of arbitrarily shaped μiPMC transducers

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Feng, Guo Hua ^a   Chen, Ri Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIAPHRAGMS; ELASTIC MODULI; OPERATING COSTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SODIUM; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; IONIC POLYMERS; PROCESSING LIQUIDS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 41849105032     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/1/015016     Document Type: Article

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