Definition
Microstructure is defined as surface details at micrometric length scale, which can be also called as “micro-scale features”, or “micro surface structures.” Here “microstructure” is particularly referred as surface details rather than a material’s internal structure.
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Introduction
Surface microstructures are basic elements that form a functional surface, such as a Fresnel lens, adhesive structures, cell culture dishes, microfluidic devices, and heat transfer fins. A Fresnel lens has a series of periodic refractive structures of concentric prisms with pitch size in micrometre scale. The surfaces of these prisms are designed to refract light by collapsing the surface curvature of a conventional lens nearly into a plane. A microfluidic chip generally has channel dimensions from tens to several hundred micrometers in order to manipulate a small amount of liquid. A...
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Fang, F., Zhang, N. (2016). Microstructure. In: The International Academy for Produ, Laperrière, L., Reinhart, G. (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35950-7_16727-1
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