Development of an injection molding tool for complex microfluidic geometries

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1537-1540

  Geiger, Emil J ^a   Mair, Dieudonne A ^b   Svec, Frank ^c   Pisano, Albert P ^d  

^a Reno   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC INTERCONNECTS; GATE LENGTH; GATE LOCATION; GATE SYSTEMS; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; INJECTION PRESSURES; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MICROFLUIDIC GEOMETRY; MOLD DESIGNS; MOLTEN PLASTICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROCESS WINDOW; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

DESIGN; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLDS; PLASTIC PARTS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 80052648011     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-011-1323-x     Document Type: Article

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