Disposable polymeric micro-cantilever arrays for sensing

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 347-350

  Urwyler, Prabitha ^a,b   Häfeli, Oskar ^c   Schift, Helmut ^a   Gobrecht, Jens ^a,c   Battiston, Felice ^d   Müller, Bert ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d Concentris GmbH ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Injection molding; Micro cantilever; Polymer; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; INJECTION MOLDING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLDING; NANOCANTILEVERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SENSORS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CANTILEVER ARRAYS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; LOW COSTS; MICRO-CANTILEVER ARRAYS; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; MICROMETER RANGES; SILICON CANTILEVER;

POLYMERS;

EID: 78650594883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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