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Micromachines, Volume 15, Issue 2

February 2024 - 124 articles

Cover Story: Candida albicans’ infection presents a global health and economic challenge, afflicting women with discomfort, mental distress, and fatalities in immunocompromised individuals. Current detection methods, relying on microscopy, culturing, or DNA amplification are prohibitively expensive, slow, and inaccessible in remote areas. Our study unveils an affordable, rapid detection platform. Leveraging aptamers for their selective recognition of 1,3-β-D glucan molecules, a hallmark of C. albicans cell walls, we employ aptamer-tagged gold core–shell nanoparticles. In the presence of a pathogen, these nanoparticles aggregate, causing a distinctive blue colour perceptible to the naked eye. This innovation holds the potential to transform Candida albicans diagnostics, particularly in underserved regions, thereby advancing women's healthcare. View this paper
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Articles (124)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,896 Views
16 Pages

Measurement and Data Correction of Channel Sampling Timing Walk-Off of Photonic Analog-to-Digital Converter in Signal Recovery

  • Junli Qi,
  • Xin Chen,
  • Meicheng Fu,
  • Hongyu Zhang,
  • Wenjun Yi,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Xiaoming Wei,
  • Bo Shi,
  • Tengfei Xu and
  • Dezhi Su
  • + 2 authors

19 February 2024

A two-channel, time–wavelength interleaved photonic analog-to-digital converter (PADC) system with a sampling rate of 10.4 GSa/s was established, and a concise method for measuring and data correcting the channel sampling timing walk-off of PAD...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,855 Views
12 Pages

Mask-Moving-Lithography-Based High-Precision Surface Fabrication Method for Microlens Arrays

  • Jianwen Gong,
  • Ji Zhou,
  • Junbo Liu,
  • Song Hu,
  • Jian Wang and
  • Haifeng Sun

19 February 2024

Microlens arrays, as typical micro-optical elements, effectively enhance the integration and performance of optical systems. The surface shape errors and surface roughness of microlens arrays are the main indicators of their optical characteristics a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,346 Views
15 Pages

18 February 2024

Microfluidic devices have attracted much attention in the current day owing to the unique advantages they provide. However, their application for industrial use is limited due to manufacturing limitations and high cost. Moreover, the scaling-up proce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,613 Views
18 Pages

18 February 2024

In recent years, capsule endoscopes (CEs) have appeared as an advanced technology for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases. However, only capturing the images limits the advanced diagnostic procedures and so on in CE’s applications. Herei...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,209 Views
15 Pages

In Vivo Characterization of Intracortical Probes with Focused Ion Beam-Etched Nanopatterned Topographies

  • Jonathan L. Duncan,
  • Jaime J. Wang,
  • Gabriele Glusauskas,
  • Gwendolyn R. Weagraff,
  • Yue Gao,
  • George F. Hoeferlin,
  • Allen H. Hunter,
  • Allison Hess-Dunning,
  • Evon S. Ereifej and
  • Jeffrey R. Capadona

17 February 2024

(1) Background: Intracortical microelectrodes (IMEs) are an important part of interfacing with the central nervous system (CNS) and recording neural signals. However, recording electrodes have shown a characteristic steady decline in recording perfor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,484 Views
12 Pages

Hydrophobic Surface Array Structure Based on Laser-Induced Graphene for Deicing and Anti-Icing Applications

  • Mian Zhong,
  • Shichen Li,
  • Yao Zou,
  • Hongyun Fan,
  • Yong Jiang,
  • Chao Qiu,
  • Jinling Luo and
  • Liang Yang

17 February 2024

The exceptional performance of graphene has driven the advancement of its preparation techniques and applications. Laser-induced graphene (LIG), as a novel graphene preparation technique, has been applied in various fields. Graphene periodic structur...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,060 Views
17 Pages

17 February 2024

Characteristics related to power transmission in the micro-domain, based on dry rolling contact of the gears, were investigated using a 3D-printed gear train with a pitch circle diameter of 84 µm in order to experimentally compare the power tra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,609 Views
14 Pages

17 February 2024

This paper reports on noise modeling of a piezoelectric charge accelerometer with a signal conditioning circuit. The charge output is converted into voltage and amplified using a JFET operational amplifier that has high input resistance and low noise...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,866 Views
43 Pages

17 February 2024

Nanotechnology has advanced the techniques for elucidating phenomena at the atomic, molecular, and nano-level. As a post nanotechnology concept, nanoarchitectonics has emerged to create functional materials from unit structures. Consider the material...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,883 Views
53 Pages

An Overview of the Recent Advances in Pool Boiling Enhancement Materials, Structrure, and Devices

  • José Pereira,
  • Reinaldo Souza,
  • Rui Lima,
  • António Moreira and
  • Ana Moita

17 February 2024

This review attempts to provide a comprehensive assessment of recent methodologies, structures, and devices for pool boiling heat transfer enhancement. Several enhancement approaches relating to the underlying fluid route and the capability to elimin...

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