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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Greenwich
A method for the micro-encapsulation of dielectric fluids in joined polymer shells
The significant impact of this work has led to the better understanding of a novel one-step (as opposed to multi-step) electrostatic-induced lithography process to enhance reliability, integrity, cost and time required to fabricate high-aspect ratio, hollow self-encapsulated microstructures. Outcomes of the research have fed into experimental work at the Chinese Academy of Science (contact: W. Yu (yuwx@ciomp.ac.cn) to demonstrate how process failures can be overcome and how these can be migrated to an industrial manufacturing process. Aspects of the research have lead to potential patenting applications which are currently being considered. Funded:-EPSRC-DTA award (EP/P504945/1) in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University.