Title :
Laser rapid prototyping for designed experiments in microfluidics
Author :
Andrews, John R.
Author_Institution :
Wilson Center for Res. & Technol., Xerox Corp., Webster, MA
Abstract :
We describe a designed experiment in an ink jet printhead using laser rapid prototyping of apertures with positive and negative taper and different thicknesses. The results allow rapid optimization of aspects of the device performance.
Keywords :
ink jet printing; laser materials processing; microfluidics; designed experiments; device performance; ink jet printhead; laser rapid prototyping; microfluidics; Apertures; Design methodology; Geometrical optics; Ink jet printing; Laser ablation; Microfluidics; Micromachining; Optical design; Optical devices; Prototypes; (350.3850) Materials processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628841
