Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Chenlong ^a,b   Anzalone, Nicholas C ^a   Faria, Rodrigo P ^a,b   Pearce, Joshua M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; MAGNETICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PRINTING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84875448705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059840     Document Type: Article

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