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Micromachines, Volume 5, Issue 4

December 2014 - 38 articles

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Articles (38)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,856 Views
24 Pages

12 December 2014

This paper illustrates an application of a technique for predicting the thermal characteristics of a bidirectional thermocycling device for polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The micromilling chamber is oscillated by a servo motor and contacted with di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,457 Views
16 Pages

12 December 2014

We present a comprehensive experimental investigation of a micromachined inductive suspension (MIS) based on 3D wire-bonded microcoils. A theoretical model has been developed to predict the levitation height of the disc-shaped proof mass (PM), which...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
12,930 Views
43 Pages

Advances in Silicon Based Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Integrated Circuits

  • Han-Chih Yeh,
  • Ching-Chau Chiong,
  • Ming-Tang Chen and
  • Huei Wang

10 December 2014

In this paper, the advances of the silicon-based millimeter-wave (MMW) monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs) are reported. The silicon-based technologies for MMW MMICs are briefly introduced. In addition, the current status of the MMW MMICs is surve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,308 Views
13 Pages

10 December 2014

In this paper, we proposed a novel bonding technology to fabricate a microfluidic device based on Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The method, which used chloroform and ethanol as miscible bonding solvent, can complete complex structures rapid assem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,707 Views
16 Pages

10 December 2014

This paper presents a systematic numerical investigation of the transient transport phenomenon during the pileup of molten metal droplets on the substrate. The physical mechanisms of the pileup process, including the bulk liquid, capillarity effects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
11,982 Views
29 Pages

Impacts of Ambient and Ablation Plasmas on Short- and Ultrashort-Pulse Laser Processing of Surfaces

  • Nadezhda M. Bulgakova,
  • Alexei N. Panchenko,
  • Vladimir P. Zhukov,
  • Sergey I. Kudryashov,
  • Antonio Pereira,
  • Wladimir Marine,
  • Tomas Mocek and
  • Alexander V. Bulgakov

9 December 2014

In spite of the fact that more than five decades have passed since the invention of laser, some topics of laser-matter interaction still remain incompletely studied. One of such topics is plasma impact on the overall phenomenon of the interaction and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,535 Views
19 Pages

Design and Analysis of a High Force, Low Voltage and High Flow Rate Electro-Thermal Micropump

  • Ghader Yosefi,
  • Sattar Mirzakuchaki,
  • Farshid Raissi and
  • Saeid Afrang

4 December 2014

This paper presents the design and simulation of an improved electro-thermal micromachined pump for drug delivery applications. Thermal actuators, which are a type of Micro Electro Mechanical system (MEMS) device, are highly useful because of their a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
10,435 Views
13 Pages

SU-8 Electrothermal Actuators: Optimization of Fabrication and Excitation for Long-Term Use

  • Thomas Winterstein,
  • Matthias Staab,
  • Christian Nakic,
  • Hans-Jürgen Feige,
  • Jürgen Vogel and
  • Helmut F. Schlaak

2 December 2014

In this paper we examine the suitability of SU-8 2000 as a construction material for electrothermal actuators and the actuator stability for long-term operation. The fabrication of SU-8 was optimized for mechanical and thermal stability. Samples with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,550 Views
14 Pages

Laser Controlled Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticle Arrays for Low Concentration Molecule Recognition

  • Enza Fazio,
  • Fortunato Neri,
  • Rosina C. Ponterio,
  • Sebastiano Trusso,
  • Matteo Tommasini and
  • Paolo Maria Ossi

1 December 2014

Nanostructured gold and silver thin films were grown by pulsed laser deposition.Performing the process in an ambient gas (Ar) leads to the nucleation and growth ofnanoparticles in the ablation plasma and their self-organization on the substrate. Thed...

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