Fabrication of a stand-alone polymer microlens: Design of molding apparatus, simulation and experimental results

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Mirkhalaf, M ^a   Tor, S B ^a,b   Murukeshan, V M ^a   Loh, N H ^a   Lye, S W ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FEM SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATION; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; MASS PRODUCTION; MICRO-IMAGING; MICRO-LENS; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; MICRON SIZE; MOLD INSERTS; NEW PRODUCT; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; STAND -ALONE;

COMPRESSION MOLDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 70350627381     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/9/095005     Document Type: Article

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