Latest Advancements in Micro Nano Molding Technologies : : Process Developments and Optimization, Materials, Applications, Key Enabling Technologies / / Guido Tosello.

• VerfasserIn: Tosello, Guido,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (150 pages)

Micro- and nano-molding technologies are continuously being developed due to enduring trends like increasing miniaturization and higher functional integration of products, devices, and systems. Furthermore, with the introduction of higher performance polymers, feedstocks, and composites, new opportunities in terms of material properties can be exploited, and, consequently, more micro-products and micro/nano-structured surfaces are currently being designed and manufactured.Innovations in micro- and nano-molding techniques are seen in the different processes employed in production (injection molding, micro injection molding, etc.); on the use of new and functional materials; for an ever-increasing number of applications (health-care devices, micro-implants, mobility, and communications products, optical elements, micro-electromechanical systems, sensors, etc.); in several key enabling technologies that support the successful realization of micro and nano molding processes (micro- and nano-tooling technologies, process monitoring techniques, micro- and nanometrology methods for quality control, simulation, etc.) and their integration into new manufacturing process chains.This Special Issue reprint showcases research papers and review articles that focus on the latest developments in micro-manufacturing and key enabling technologies for the production of both micro-products and micro-structured surfaces.

Table of Contents

About the Editor -- Latest Advancements in Micro Nano Molding Technologies-Process Developments and Optimization, Materials, Applications, Key Enabling Technologies -- Blister Formation in Film Insert Moulding -- Hybrid Process Chain for the Integration of Direct Ink Writing and Polymer Injection Molding -- Molecular Dynamics Simulations on the Demolding Process for Nanostructures with Different Aspect Ratios in Injection Molding -- Experimental Validation of Injection Molding Simulations of 3D Microparts and Microstructured Components Using Virtual Design of Experiments and Multi-Scale Modeling -- Optimization of Nozzle Inclination and Process Parameters in Air-Shielding Electrochemical Micromachining -- Effects of Machining Errors on Optical Performance of Optical Aspheric Components in Ultra-Precision Diamond Turning -- High Temperature Adiabatic Heating in -IM Mould Cavities-A Case for Venting Design Solutions -- Microinjection Molding of Out-of-Plane Bistable Mechanisms -- State-of-the-Art and Perspectives on Silicon Waveguide Crossings: A Review -- Effect of the Thermal History on the Crystallinity of Poly (L-lactic Acid) During the Micromolding Process.