A sensing device using liquid crystal in a micropillar array supporting structure

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 973-982

  Cheng, Daming ^a   Sridharamurthy, Sudheer S ^a,b   Hunter, Jacob T ^a   Park, Joon Seo ^a,c   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a   Jiang, Hongrui ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b IntelliSense   (United States)

^c EASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP); Liquid crystal (LC); Microfluidics; Micropillar; Microsensor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; CYANOBIPHENYLS; DIMETHYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE; DIMETHYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE (DMMP); GEOMETRIC PROFILE; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; INTENSITY OF LIGHT; MECHANICAL SHOCK; MICRO PILLARS; MICROFABRICATED; MICROPILLAR; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SENSING DEVICES; SUPPORTING STRUCTURE; VAPOR PHASE;

GRAVITATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSENSORS; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 70349992882     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2029977     Document Type: Article

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