Jettable fluid space and jetting characteristics of a microprint head

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 713, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-122

  Wong, Loke Yuen ^a   Lim, Guan Hui ^a   Ye, Thiha ^a   Shanjeera Silva, F B ^a   Zhuo, Jing Mei ^a   Png, Rui Qi ^a   Chua, Soo Jin ^a   Ho, Peter K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

drops; drops and bubbles; materials processing flows; microelectronics

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MICROELECTRONICS;

DROPLET FORMATION; DROPS AND BUBBLES; INFLUENCE OF FLUID; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MICROFABRICATED; NEWTONIAN MODEL; SHORT CHANNELS; SINGLE DROPLET;

DROP FORMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUBBLE; DROPLET; FLUID COMPOSITION; JET FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84870815042     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.440     Document Type: Article

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