Microbricks for three-dimensional reconfigurable modular microsystems

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1089-1097

  Hiller, Jonathan D ^a   Miller, Joseph ^b   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated systems; microbrick; modular architecture; rapid assembler

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURES; BUILDING BLOCKES; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SCALE COMPONENTS; MICRO-SCALES; MICROBRICK; MICROMACHINED; MODULAR ARCHITECTURE; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RAPID ASSEMBLER; RE-CONFIGURABLE; REGULAR LATTICE; SPACE-FILLING; SU-8 POLYMER; THREE-LAYER; TWO-MATERIALS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; DESIGN; FABRICATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRICK;

EID: 80053564524     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2162491     Document Type: Article

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