3D micro-structures by piezoelectric inkjet printing of gold nanofluids

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kullmann, Carmen ^a,b   Schirmer, Niklas C ^b   Lee, Ming Tsang ^a   Ko, Seung Hwan ^c   Hotz, Nico ^d   Grigoropoulos, Costas P ^a   Poulikakos, Dimos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D PRINTING; 3D MICROSTRUCTURES; BULK PRODUCTION; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH THROUGHPUT; IN-SITU; LASER ANNEALING; MASS PRODUCTION; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-HEATERS; NANOFLUIDS; OPTIMAL PRINTING; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC INK JETS; PIEZOELECTRIC VOLTAGE; SUBSTRATE HEATING; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL REGIONS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GOLD; INK JET PRINTING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SUBSTRATES; WIRE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84860456247     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/22/5/055022     Document Type: Article

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