Single step self-enclosed fluidic channels via two photon absorption (TPA) polymerization

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1630-1636

  Jariwala, S ^a   Venkatakrishnan, K ^a   Tan, B ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; POLYMERIZATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

FLUIDIC CHANNELS; LASER PARAMETERS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSEWIDTHS; REPETITION RATE; SINGLE-STEP; SINGLE-STEP METHOD; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

POLYMER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS;

EID: 75249091762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001630     Document Type: Article

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