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Zhang H, Liu H, Zhang N. A Review of Microinjection Moulding of Polymeric Micro Devices. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:1530. [PMID: 36144153 PMCID: PMC9504769 DOI: 10.3390/mi13091530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Polymeric micro devices are gaining huge market potential in broad areas of medical devices, diagnostic devices, drug delivery, and optical applications. Current research is focusing on developing functional polymeric micro devices on a mass-production scale. Microinjection moulding is a promising technique suitable for fabricating polymeric micro devices. This review aims to summarise the primary achievements that have been achieved in various aspects of microinjection moulding of polymer micro devices, consisting of micro parts and micro surface structures. The relationships of the machine, process, rheology, tooling, micro/nanoscale replication, morphology, properties, and typical applications are reviewed in detail. Finally, a conclusion and challenges are highlighted.
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Affiliation(s)
- Honggang Zhang
- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Centre of Micro/Nano Manufacturing Technology (MNMT-Dublin), School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
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Yang B, Ding MY, Hu L, Li GJ, Miao JB, Gao X, Li XB, Zhang B, Su LF, Chen P, Qian JS. Melt Crystallization Behavior of Injection-Molded High-Density Polyethylene Based Upon a Solidification Kinetic Analysis. J MACROMOL SCI B 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2018.1476429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bin Yang
- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- bSchool of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- aCollege of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Yang B, Ding M, Shi Y, Hu L, Xia R, Miao JB, Cao M, Qian JS, Chen P, Zhang YC, Fu EF. Temperature and shear rate distributions of gas-assisted injection molded (GAIM) polypropylene and the application in forecast of cooling time. J Appl Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/app.47390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bin Yang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 Anhui China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Nanjing University of Science and Technology; Nanjing 210094 Jiangsu China
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Zhu CX, Xia XC, Huang YH, Xie DD, Chen R, Yang MB. Influence of HMW tail chains on the structural evolution of HDPE induced by second melt penetration. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:17745-17755. [PMID: 28657105 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02104f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
It is widely accepted that the role of the high molecular weight (HMW) component is cooperative in shear-induced crystallization, owing to entanglements among long chains. However, this paper demonstrates that the HMW component has a novel effect on structural evolution during the process of multi-melt multi-injection molding (M3IM), organized as follows. First, the appropriate HDPE system with an incremental concentration of HMW tails was established. Second, the crystalline morphologies and orientation behaviors of the M3IM samples were characterized using a combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and two-dimensional small angle X-ray scattering (2D-SAXS), and these suggested that the amount of shish-kebabs was not monotonically promoted with an increasing content of HMW tails but tended to reduce at a certain value. Third, in order to explain this phenomenon, the special temperature and shear profiles of M3IM were depicted subsequently, and finally the mechanism of hierarchical structure formation with the influence of various amounts of HMW tail chains was discussed, based on the classical rheological viewpoint.
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- Chun-Xia Zhu
- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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Zhang Q, Wang L, Xia X, Feng J, Fu X, Yang M. Tailoring the crystalline morphologies and mechanical properties of high-density polyethylene parts by a change in the fluid flow pattern under gas-assisted injection molding. J Appl Polym Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/app.40349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Quanping Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 People's Republic of China
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Wang L, Yang MB. Influence of high molecular weight component on the hierarchical crystalline structures of injection-molded bars of polyethylene. POLYM INT 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.4659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Long Wang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Peoples' Republic of China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Peoples' Republic of China
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Wu JJ, Yang W, Zhang K, Zhang RY, Feng J, Liu ZY, Xie BH, Zhang CL, Yang MB. Shear field in the mold cavity of multimelt multi-injection molding revealed by the morphology distribution of a model polymer blend. POLYM ENG SCI 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/pen.23783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Jing-Jing Wu
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering; State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 Sichuan China
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Wang L, Zhang QP, Wang JH, Yang B, Yang MB, Feng JM. Effects of annealing on the hierarchical crystalline structures and mechanical properties of injection-molded bars of high-density polyethylene. POLYM INT 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.4505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Long Wang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 PR China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 PR China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory of Environment Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province; Anhui University; Hefei 230601 PR China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 PR China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 PR China
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Wang L, Yang MB, Zhang QP, Zhang RY, Wu JJ, Feng JM. Hierarchical crystalline structures and dynamic mechanical properties of injection-molded bars of HDPE: attributes of temperature field. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.3114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Long Wang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, and the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610065 P.R. China
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Liu X, Zhang C, Dai K, Zheng G, Liu C, Shen C. Unexpected molecular weight dependence of shish kebab in water-assisted injection molded HDPE. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.3071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xianhu Liu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou; 450002; China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou; 450002; China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou; 450002; China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou; 450002; China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou; 450002; China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou; 450002; China
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