Fabrication and characterization of laser micromachined hollow microneedles

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1435-1438

  Davis, S P ^a   Prausnitz, M R ^a   Allen, M G ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser beam cutting; Machining; Micromachining; Optical arrays; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Polyethylene; Polyimides; Solid lasers; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTROFORMING; FABRICATION; FRACTURE; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASER BEAMS; MACHINING; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MICROMACHINING; MICROSYSTEMS; MOLDS; NEEDLES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYIMIDES; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; STAINLESS STEEL; TESTING; TRANSDUCERS;

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LASER MACHINING; LASER MICRO-MACHINING; MARGIN OF SAFETY; OPTICAL ARRAYS; OPTICAL DEVICE FABRICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

LASER BEAM MACHINING;

EID: 84944720698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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