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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
2,097 Views
13 Pages

Using Compound Neural Action Potentials for Functional Validation of a High-Density Intraneural Interface: A Preliminary Study

  • Aritra Kundu,
  • Erin Patrick,
  • Seth Currlin,
  • Ryan Madler,
  • Francisco Delgado,
  • Ahmed Fahmy,
  • Rik Verplancke,
  • Marco Ballini,
  • Dries Braeken and
  • Maaike Op de Beeck
  • + 3 authors

17 February 2024

Compound nerve action potentials (CNAPs) were used as a metric to assess the stimulation performance of a novel high-density, transverse, intrafascicular electrode in rat models. We show characteristic CNAPs recorded from distally implanted cuff elec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,847 Views
15 Pages

Investigation of New Accelerometer Based on Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) with Ring-Perforation Membrane

  • Luhao Gou,
  • Hongliang Wang,
  • Qi Ding,
  • Yulong Liu,
  • Runze Yang,
  • Feng Zhang,
  • Pengcheng Zhang and
  • Gang Cao

16 February 2024

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) has been widely studied due to its excellent resonance characteristics and array integration. This paper presents the first study of the CMUT electrostatic stiffness resonant accelerometer. To imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,755 Views
17 Pages

15 February 2024

The low specific density and good strength-to-weight ratio make magnesium alloys a promising material for lightweight applications. The combination of the properties of magnesium alloys and Additive Manufacturing by the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,636 Views
22 Pages

Stereo Visual Servoing Control of a Soft Endoscope for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

  • Jian Chen,
  • Shuai Wang,
  • Qingxiang Zhao,
  • Wei Huang,
  • Mingcong Chen,
  • Jian Hu,
  • Yihe Wang and
  • Hongbin Liu

15 February 2024

Quickly and accurately completing endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) operations within narrow lumens is currently challenging because of the environment’s high flexibility, invisible collision, and natural tissue motion. This paper proposes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,532 Views
18 Pages

Batch Fabrication of Microelectrode Arrays with Glassy Carbon Microelectrodes and Interconnections for Neurochemical Sensing: Promises and Challenges

  • Emma-Bernadette A. Faul,
  • Austin M. Broussard,
  • Daniel R. Rivera,
  • May Yoon Pwint,
  • Bingchen Wu,
  • Qun Cao,
  • Davis Bailey,
  • X. Tracy Cui and
  • Elisa Castagnola

15 February 2024

Flexible multielectrode arrays with glassy carbon (GC) electrodes and metal interconnection (hybrid MEAs) have shown promising performance in multi-channel neurochemical sensing. A primary challenge faced by hybrid MEAs fabrication is the adhesion of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,414 Views
35 Pages

15 February 2024

The development of functional microsystems and microrobots that have characterized the last decade is the result of a synergistic and effective interaction between the progress of fabrication techniques and the increased availability of smart and res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,091 Views
12 Pages

15 February 2024

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease, causing loss of motor function and, in some instances, cognitive decline and dementia in those affected. The quality of life can be improved, and disease progression delayed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,150 Views
20 Pages

15 February 2024

Despite the well-established nature of non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies, autonomous monitoring systems are still in high demand. The solution lies in harnessing the potential of intelligent structures, particularly in industries like aerona...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,953 Views
10 Pages

14 February 2024

In our study, we designed and developed a glucose biosensor that operates without a battery or chip. This biosensor utilizes the principles of radio frequency (RF) to operate. For the construction of a glucose-sensitive interdigitated capacitor (IDC)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,047 Views
15 Pages

Three-Dimensional-Printed Instrument for Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification with Real-Time Colorimetric Imaging

  • Tiffany R. Layne,
  • Anchi Scott,
  • Larissa L. Cunha,
  • Rachelle Turiello and
  • James P. Landers

14 February 2024

Isothermal amplification methods have become popular in research due to the simplicity of the technology needed to run the reactions. Specifically, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) has been widely used for various applications since firs...

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Micromachines - ISSN 2072-666X