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Maskless Gray Scale Lithography and its 3D Microfluidic Applications
Yoko Yamanishi*1, Takuma Nakano*2, Yu Sawada*3,
Kazuyoshi Itoga*4, Teruo Okano*4, and Fumihito Arai*5
*1JST PRESTO, Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
*2Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
*3Kyoto University, Japan
*4Tokyo Women’s University, Japan
*5Nagoya University, Japan
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