3D printing of liquid metals as fugitive inks for fabrication of 3D microfluidic channels

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1812-1820

  Parekh, Dishit P ^a   Ladd, Collin ^a   Panich, Lazar ^a   Moussa, Khalil ^b   Dickey, Michael D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b 3D Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INK; LIQUID METAL DERIVATIVE; METAL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

EID: 84971013954     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6lc00198j     Document Type: Article

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