Numerical investigation of the effect of a transducer pulse on the microfluidic control of a piezoelectric printhead

Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lai, Jr Ming ^a   Lin, Jenn Der ^a   Linliu, Kung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drop ejection; Drop on demand; Microfluidic; Piezoelectric inkjet printhead; Satellite drops; Transducer pulse

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHASE INTERFACES; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

CHAMBER WALLS; COMPUTER CODES; DROP EJECTION; DROP-ON-DEMAND; INK-JET; LIQUID GAS INTERFACE; LIQUID THREADS; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PIECEWISE-LINEAR; PIEZOELECTRIC INKJET PRINTHEAD; PRINT HEAD; SATELLITE DROPS; THREAD LENGTH; TIME-PERIODS; TOPOLOGICAL VARIATIONS; UPPER LIMITS; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

DROPS;

EID: 79959874682     PISSN: 19325150     EISSN: 19325134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3486201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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