Fabrication Methods for Polymer Mems
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چکیده
Several soft lithography-based polymer microfabrication techniques are described. These processes are capable of producing polymer microstructures from various materials including piezoelectric and conducting polymers. Two of the methods described are also capable of producing freely suspended microstructures, an important step in the implementation of polymers as functional mechanical structures in MEMS devices.
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