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Table 1 Dimensions of microneedles fabricated using default settings. Data are given as mean ± standard deviation (n = 6)

From: Low cost additive manufacturing of microneedle masters

Nominal

Layer Thickness

Height (μm)

Width (μm)

Tip Radius (μm)

Experimental Layer Thickness (μm)

50 μm

694.9 ± 26.6

450.3 ± 8.6

161.6 ± 14.1

51.1 ± 2.2

25 μm

707.0 ± 4.8

437.2 ± 6.6

40.6 ± 4.6

25.6 ± 1.4

10 μm

711.4 ± 7.3

414.5 ± 17.0

37.9 ± 4.6

10.7 ± 0.8a

  1. aIn addition to this predictable layer thickness, an additional stair-stepping pattern was visualized every three layers