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Micromachines, Volume 11, Issue 10

October 2020 - 68 articles

Cover Story: Viscosity measurement of biofluids revealing the health status of individuals is of great research significance in early disease diagnosis. However, existing viscometers restricted to the large sample volumes required are not applicable to the measurement of biofluids extracted from patients. In this paper, we report a low-cost and portable microfluidic device for biosample viscosity sensing with only a small volume. Further, the reported microfluidic viscometer does not cause any alternations to the biosamples, and hence, it can combine with other measurement methods for a broad range of biomedical applications. View this paper
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Articles (68)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,168 Views
19 Pages

Roll Angular Rate Measurement for High Spinning Projectiles Based on Redundant Gyroscope System

  • Jing Mi,
  • Jie Li,
  • Xi Zhang,
  • Kaiqiang Feng,
  • Chenjun Hu,
  • Xiaokai Wei and
  • Xiaoqiao Yuan

16 October 2020

Precision-guided projectiles, which can significantly improve the accuracy and efficiency of fire strikes, are on the rise in current military engagements. The accurate measurement of roll angular rate is critical to guide a gun-launched projectile....

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,620 Views
14 Pages

Micromachined Silicon Platform for Precise Assembly of 2D Multilayer Laue Lenses for High-Resolution X-ray Microscopy

  • Wei Xu,
  • Weihe Xu,
  • Nathalie Bouet,
  • Juan Zhou,
  • Hanfei Yan,
  • Xiaojing Huang,
  • Ming Lu,
  • Maxim Zalalutdinov,
  • Yong S. Chu and
  • Evgeny Nazaretski

15 October 2020

We report on a developed micromachined silicon platform for the precise assembly of 2D multilayer Laue lenses (MLLs) for high-resolution X-ray microscopy. The platform is 10 × 10 mm2 and is fabricated on ~500 µm thick silicon wafers through multiple...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,143 Views
13 Pages

Power Management IC for a Dual-Input-Triple-Output Energy Harvester

  • Kai-Meng Mui,
  • Mei-Kum Khaw and
  • Faisal Mohd-Yasin

15 October 2020

We present the design of a power management integrated circuit that processes harvested energy from radio frequency waves and piezoelectric vibrations. The rectification of piezoelectric and RF sources has a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 87.73...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,517 Views
14 Pages

15 October 2020

Although the high-speed polishing technology has been widely applied to obtain an ultra-smooth surface in the field of spherical optical manufacture, it is still mainly used in small-size or easily polished lenses. In the infrared optical system, lar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
5,137 Views
19 Pages

Performance Evaluation of a Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Based on Flag-Flutter

  • Hassan Elahi,
  • Marco Eugeni,
  • Federico Fune,
  • Luca Lampani,
  • Franco Mastroddi,
  • Giovanni Paolo Romano and
  • Paolo Gaudenzi

14 October 2020

In the last few decades, piezoelectric (PZT) materials have played a vital role in the aerospace industry because of their energy harvesting capability. PZT energy harvesters (PEH) absorb the energy from an operational environment and can transform i...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,415 Views
12 Pages

14 October 2020

The viscosity of biofluids such as blood and saliva can reflect an individual’s health conditions, and viscosity measurements are therefore considered in health monitoring and disease diagnosis. However, conventional viscometers can only handle a lar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,198 Views
17 Pages

14 October 2020

Micro-electro-discharge machining (μEDM) plays a significant role in miniaturization. Complex electrode manufacturing and a high wear ratio are bottlenecks for μEDM and seriously restrict the manufacturing of microcomponents. To solve the elect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,629 Views
10 Pages

14 October 2020

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a potential candidate for highly sensitive detection of target molecules. A SERS active substrate with a noble metal nanostructure is required for this. However, a SERS active substrate requires complicated...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,188 Views
19 Pages

Ultrasonic Retinal Neuromodulation and Acoustic Retinal Prosthesis

  • Pei-An Lo,
  • Kyana Huang,
  • Qifa Zhou,
  • Mark S. Humayun and
  • Lan Yue

13 October 2020

Ultrasound is an emerging method for non-invasive neuromodulation. Studies in the past have demonstrated that ultrasound can reversibly activate and inhibit neural activities in the brain. Recent research shows the possibility of using ultrasound ran...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,618 Views
16 Pages

Toward an Ultra-Wideband Hybrid Metamaterial Based Microwave Absorber

  • Aicha El Assal,
  • Hanadi Breiss,
  • Ratiba Benzerga,
  • Ala Sharaiha,
  • Akil Jrad and
  • Ali Harmouch

13 October 2020

In this paper, we propose a novel design of an ultra-wideband hybrid microwave absorber operating in the frequency range between 2 GHz and 18 GHz. This proposed hybrid absorber is composed of two different layers that integrate a multiband metamateri...

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Micromachines - ISSN 2072-666X