Self-positioning microlens arrays prepared using ink-jet printing

Optical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Lu, Jhih Ping ^a,b   Huang, Wen Kuei ^a   Chen, Fang Chung ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c Display Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ink jet printing; microlens array; self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; MICRO CONTACT PRINTING; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; PREPOLYMERS; SAMS; SELF-POSITIONING;

ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SUBSTRATES;

INK JET PRINTING;

EID: 81055147122     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3180868     Document Type: Article

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