Review on micro molding of thermoplastic polymers

By M. Heckele, W. Schomburg. 2004

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Microinjection molding of thermoplastic polymers: a review (2007, methodology): “The present work focuses on the μIM of thermoplastics, and completes a recent review of Heckele et al [5]”
Lab-on-chip technologies: making a microfluidic network and coupling it into a complete microsystem—a review (2007, methodology): “(1) Embossing, (2) liquid injection and (3) thermoforming [113].”
Micro hot embossing of thermoplastic polymers: a review (2013, background): “Heckele et al [19] and Dumond et al [11] summarized the recent development of micro molding and continuous roller microand nanoimprinting technologies, respectively.”
Rapid prototyping of microfluidic chips in COC (2007, methodology): “This trend to use polymer chips in microfluidics is driven by costefficient replication techniques such as hot embossing [1–4, 8] or injection molding [5–10] as well as the huge variety and the favorable pricing of polymers [11].”
Some recent advances in multi-material micro- and nano-manufacturing (2010, background): “Therefore, it is a replication technology of first choice for proof-of-concept development projects and when small to medium-scale series are required [46].”
A novel fabrication method of flexible and monolithic 3D microfluidic structures using lamination of SU-8 films (2005, background): “thermoforming, lamination and low-temperature bonding represent more suitable ways to fabricate such large microfluidic parts at low cost [3, 4].”