Disposable Inkjet Mechanism for Microdroplet Dispensing

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-347

  Mizunuma, Takehito ^a   Yamanishi, Yoko ^b   Sakuma, Shinya ^a   Maruyama, Hisataka ^a   Arai, Fumihito ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

inkjet; microdevice; microfluidics; TAS

Indexed keywords

DROPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROCHANNELS; PHOTORESISTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SPRAY NOZZLES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

DISPOSABLES; DROPLET DISPENSING; GLASS PLATE; INK JET; MICRO DROPLETS; MICRO-DEVICE; MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; SPRING COEFFICIENT; ΜTAS;

SILICONES;

EID: 84455198809     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2010.p0341     Document Type: Article

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