Fabrication of robust tooling for mass production of polymeric microfluidic devices

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Fu, G ^a,b   Tor, S B ^a,c   Loh, N H ^b   Hardt, D E ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

316L STAINLESS STEEL POWDER; BINDER SYSTEMS; COMMONLY USED; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCE; GEOMETRICAL QUALITY; HOT WORK STEEL; HOT-EMBOSSING; MASS PRODUCTION; METAL MOLD; MICRO MIXERS; MICROFEATURES; MICROPOWDER INJECTION MOLDING; MOLD INSERTS; POLYMER MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMERIC MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; SURFACE FINISHES; TRADE NAME;

DIE CASTING INSERTS; FABRICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; METAL MOLDING; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLDS; OLEFINS; POLYMERS; POWDER METALLURGY; POWDER METALS; STAINLESS STEEL;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 77957848730     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/8/085019     Document Type: Article

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