Design, fabrication and computational characterization of a 3D micro-valve built by multi-photon polymerization

Micromachines

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 505-514

  Galanopoulos, Stratos ^a,b   Chatzidai, Nikoleta ^a,b   Melissinaki, Vasileia ^a,c   Selimis, Alexandros ^a   Schizas, Charalampos ^b   Farsari, Maria ^a   Karalekas, Dimitris ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer fluid dynamics simulation; Direct laser writing; Femtosecond laser; Micro valve design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FABRICATION; PHOTONS; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; COMPUTER FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DIRECT LASER WRITING; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; MICRO VALVES; MULTI-PHOTON POLYMERIZATIONS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 84907347747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi5030505     Document Type: Article

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