Surface nanostructuring of biocompatible polymer for wettability control in MEMS

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 363-366

  Teh, K S ^a   Lu, Y W ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FRICTION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHOTORESISTS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SODIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AG/AGCL; APPLIED POTENTIALS; AS-DEPOSITED; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMERS; CONTACT ANGLES; CONTROL SURFACES; DEGREE OF OXIDATION; HYDROPHOBIC FILMS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; POLY PYRROLE; POTENTIAL METHODS; REDOX-INDUCED TRANSFORMATION; SODIUM DODECYL BENZENE SULFONATE; SURFACE MORPHOLOGIES; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURING; WETTABILITY CONTROL;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 50149083492     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2008.4443668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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