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- Title
FABRICATION OF MEMS-BASED ELECTROTHERMAL MICROACTUATORS WITH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES.
- Authors
Ertugrul, Ishak; Akkus, Nihat; Yuce, Huseyin
- Abstract
This study aimed to fabricate a bidirectional electrothermal microactuator that can be produced with the conventional micro- electromechanical system (MEMS) fabrication technique, using two-photon polymerization (2PP) and projection micro- stereolithography (PµSL) methods and to compare these methods with each other. The electrothermal microactuator that can move in two directions was designed in accordance with determined criteria. Although the same design was used for the 2PP and PµSL methods, the supporting structures were not produced with the PµSL method. For the PµSL method, the actuator was produced by removing the supports from the original design. Although 2-µm-diameter supports could be fabricated with the 2PP method, it was not possible to produce them with the PµSL method. Furthermore, the 2PP method was found to be better than the PµSL for the production of complex, non-symmetric support structures.
- Subjects
MICROELECTROMECHANICAL systems; MICROACTUATORS; POLYMERIZATION; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; THREE-dimensional printing
- Publication
Materials & Technologies / Materiali in Tehnologije, 2019, Vol 53, Issue 5, p665
- ISSN
1580-2949
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17222/mit.2019.027