Profile and depth prediction in single-pass and two-pass CO2 laser microchanneling processes

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Prakash, Shashi ^a   Kumar, Subrata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA   (India)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; microchanneling; PMMA

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY BALANCE; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; CO2-LASER; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; MICROCHANNEL FABRICATION; MICROCHANNELING; PMMA; SIMULTANEOUS THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84923677315     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/25/3/035010     Document Type: Article

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