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Researchers Use High-Power Diode Lasers to Microweld Thermoplastics

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 14 -- Ohio State University researchers are using a Coherent Inc. high-power diode laser system to microweld thermoplastics that may enable lower-cost, disposable MEMS device housings for biomedical engineering, communications and sensor applications. "One of the hottest topics in engineering research and development is micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)," said David Grewell, a researcher at Ohio State. "We feel that thermoplastics' chemically inert nature, low cost and ease of processing gives them a potential for use as MEMS device housing in a wide variety of...Read full article

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