As microstructured glass becomes increasingly important for microsystems technology, the main application fields include micro-fluidic systems, micro-analysis systems, sensors, micro-actuators and implants. And, because glass has quite distinct properties from silicon, PMMA and metals, applications exist whereonly glass devices meet the requirements. The main advantages of glass derivefrom its amorphous nature, the precondition for its - theoretically - direction-independent geometric structurability. Microstructuring of Glasses deals with the amorphous state, various glass compositions and their properties, the interactions between glasses and the electromagnetic waves used to modify it. Also treated in detail are methods for influencing the geometrical microstructure of glasses by mechanical, chemical, thermal, optical, and electrical treatment, and the methods and equipment required to produce actual microdevices. First book on structuring glass for micro- and nanophotonic applications INDICE: Part I - Some Fundamentals of Anorganic-Nonmetallic Glasses and Their Processing. 1. Silicate Glasses: A Class of Amorphous Solid Materials. 2. Thermodynamic Phenomena in Glass. 3. Melting and Forming Glass Half Products for Micro-Structuring. Part II - Geometrical Micro Structuring of Glasses and Applications. 4. Introduction to Geometrical Microstructuring. 5. Mechanical Structuring Processes. 6. Chemical and Complex Structuring Processes. 7. Thermaland Thermo-Mechanical Structuring Processes. 8. Microstructuring Glasses using Lasers. 9. Geometrical Photo Structuring. 10. Joining Methods for Glass Based Micro Devices. 11. Properties and Selected Applications of Microstructured Glass Devices.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-26245-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 365
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés