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Micromachines, Volume 16, Issue 2

February 2025 - 129 articles

Cover Story: Intracortical microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are essential for recording neural signals, with them offering insights into both healthy and diseased states. However, their reliability for long-term recording is limited by the foreign body response (FBR), including gliosis and neuronal loss near implant sites. Using amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC) MEAs with reduced cross-sectional areas, which enhances flexibility while maintaining implantation stiffness, we compared the performance of a-SiC MEAs to conventional silicon-based probes over a period of 16 weeks in the rat motor cortex. Our results demonstrate that a-SiC MEAs exhibit superior chronic recording performance, mitigate the FBR, and achieve higher active electrode yields. Our findings highlight the potential of a-SiC technology for stable, long-term neural interfaces, advancing applications in neuroprosthetics and neuromodulation. View this paper
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Articles (129)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,922 Views
13 Pages

18 February 2025

The advancement of microfluidic technology has introduced new requirements for the sensitivity of microflow sensors. To address this, this paper presents a novel high-sensitivity thermal microflow sensor incorporating a heat-insulating cavity structu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,200 Views
13 Pages

Fabrication and Characterization of a Flexible Polyurethane-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for a Harvesting Energy System

  • Saba Ejaz,
  • Imran Shah,
  • Shahid Aziz,
  • Gul Hassan,
  • Ahmed Shuja,
  • Muhammad Asif Khan and
  • Dong-Won Jung

17 February 2025

Powering wearable and portable devices, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are a considerably promising technology. Low-cost production, ease of fabrication, optimal efficiency, and high output performance are always key concerns in developing ener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,383 Views
14 Pages

17 February 2025

High-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors occupy a prominent position in fields such as radiation detection and aerospace because of their excellent energy resolution and wide detection range. To achieve a broader detection range, conventional HPGe dete...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,507 Views
15 Pages

17 February 2025

Neurons in the brain are interconnected through synapses. Local active memristors can both simulate the synaptic behavior of neurons and the action potentials of neurons. Currently, the hyperbolic tangent function-type memristors used for coupling ne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,027 Views
30 Pages

17 February 2025

Since one of the effective methods for producing the form-cutting tools used in the form-turning process involves utilizing a wire cut machine, the effect of the geometric characteristics of the form contour on reducing the negative effects of the re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,267 Views
21 Pages

16 February 2025

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a prominent additive manufacturing technique known for its ability to provide cost-effective and fast printing solutions. FDM enables the production of computer-aided 3D designs as solid objects at macro scales with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,515 Views
22 Pages

16 February 2025

This study investigates the development of a rapid wax injection tooling with enhanced heat dissipation performance using aluminum-filled epoxy resin molds and cooling channel roughening technology. Experimental evaluations were conducted on cooling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,467 Views
21 Pages

Dynamic Performance Evaluation of Bidirectional Bridgeless Interleaved Totem-Pole Power Factor Correction Boost Converter

  • Hsien-Chie Cheng,
  • Wen-You Jhu,
  • Yu-Cheng Liu,
  • Da-Wei Zheng,
  • Yan-Cheng Liu and
  • Tao-Chih Chang

16 February 2025

This study aims to conduct an assessment of the dynamic characteristics of a proposed 6.6 kW bidirectional bridgeless three-leg interleaved totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) boost converter developed for the front-end stage of electric vehicle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,944 Views
12 Pages

16 February 2025

The rectangular spot laser cladding system, due to its large spot size and high efficiency, has been widely applied in laser cladding equipment, significantly improving cladding’s efficiency. However, while enhancing cladding efficiency, the re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,256 Views
12 Pages

High-Pulse-Repetition-Rate Eye-Safe Raman Laser with Acousto-Optic Q-Switched Device

  • Yu-Hsin Hsu,
  • Song-Qing Lin,
  • Dai-Jun Liu,
  • Hsing-Chih Liang and
  • Yung-Fu Chen

16 February 2025

The acousto-optic Q-switch is exploited to develop a high-repetition-rate eye-safe Raman laser at 1526 nm. The Nd:YVO4 and KGW crystals are employed as the fundamental laser and Stokes Raman gain materials, respectively. The influence of the gate-ope...

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