Microstructuring of Glasses

• Main Authors: Hülsenberg, Dagmar (Author), Harnisch, Alf (Author), Bismarck, Alexander (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 87
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Nanotechnology.; Materials science.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of Inorganic Nonmetallic Glasses and Glass Processing
• Silicate Glasses: A Class of Amorphous Materials
• Thermodynamic Phenomena in Glass
• Melting and Forming Glass Half Products for Microstructuring
• Geometrical Microstructuring of Glasses and Applications
• to Geometrical Microstructuring
• Mechanical Structuring Processes
• Chemical and Complex Structuring Processes
• Thermal and Thermomechanical Structuring Processes
• Microstructuring Glasses Using Lasers
• Geometrical Photostructuring
• Joining Methods for Glass Based Microdevices
• Properties and Selected Applications of Microstructured Glass Devices.