A bi-stable latchable PDMS valve 1 employing low melting temperature metal alloys

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2199-2202

  Shaikh, Kashan A ^a   Liu, Chang ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Latchable Valve; Polydimethylsiloxane; Thermopneumatic

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALLOYS; MELTING POINT; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSYSTEMS; SENSORS; SMELTING; TRANSDUCERS;

BACK PRESSURES; BI-STABLE; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LATCHABLE VALVE; LOW MELTING; METAL ALLOYS; MICRO VALVES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; THERMOPNEUMATIC; ZERO POWER;

METAL MELTING;

EID: 50049110505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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