Fully three-dimensional microfabrication with a grayscale polymeric self-sacrificial structure

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Xia, Chunguang ^a   Fang, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SCAFFOLDS; CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS; CROSSLINKED; ETCHING RATE; GRAY SCALE; GRAY-SCALE IMAGES; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOVING PARTS; NOVEL METHODS; PHOTOCROSS-LINKING; PROJECTION MICRO-STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; SMART HYDROGELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MICROSTRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICRO-FABRICATION;

MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70350666529     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/11/115029     Document Type: Article

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