Microboiling measurements of thermal-inkjet heaters

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 391-395

  Einat, Moshe ^a   Grajower, Meir ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bubble jet; Inkjet; Micro boiling; Micro heaters; Nucleation; Printhead

Indexed keywords

CRACKING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH HEAT FLUX; INKJET; MICRO-HEATERS; MICROHEATER; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PARAMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PRINT HEAD; THERMAL INKJET; VAPOR BUBBLE;

HEATING EQUIPMENT;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 77950595564     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2010.2040946     Document Type: Article

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