3D Printing of MEMS Technology

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: History of engineering and technology; Materials science; Technology: general issues; 2D printhead; 3D printing; additive manufacturing; additive manufacturing technology; aerosol jet printing; colorimetric device; dielectric; digital light processing; DNA printing; etching; fabrication; ferrite materials; fidelity of 3D printing; flow estimation; fused deposition modeling; heat treatment; independent actuation; inkjet printing; lathe chuck jaws; LCD mask photo-curing; lithium niobate microring resonator; magnetic thin films; MEMS; micro actuator; micro beam; micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS); micro-heater; microactuators; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); microelectronics; microfluidics; microsensors; n/a; organophosphorus pesticide residues; passive; photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching; pipeline; polydimethylsiloxane; PolyJet 3D printing; polymethylmethacrylate; polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polymers; powder bed fusion; pressure; projection micro-stereolithography; reactive impedance sensor; relative permeability; relative permittivity; sacrificial material; semiconductor; silicon nitride waveguide; soft bellows actuator; standalone; strontium ferrite nanomaterial; structural health monitoring; surface geometrical parameters (SGP); thermal inkjet; thermopneumatic; thin-film resistors; wireless; zinc oxide
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Three-dimensional printing is among the emerging technologies of our time. While it was previously primarily employed for rapid prototyping, this technology has entered a phase of accelerated production, especially for complicated or small objects. Most recently, novel 3D printing technologies have enabled objects with features at the micro- or even nano-scale to be fabricated. Meanwhile, well-known problems such as the waviness of fused deposition modeling (FDM)-printed parts, the missing long-term stability of some typical printing materials or the reduced mechanical properties of 3D-printed objects persist.This Special Issue focusses on all topics related to the 3D printing of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), such as novel or advanced features enabled by 3D printing compared to conventional technologies, but also the challenges that continue to exist regarding the application of 3D printing technologies for MEMS and new approaches to overcoming them.