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Micromachines, Volume 9, Issue 5

2018 May - 58 articles

Cover Story: Neuronal networks in our brain comprise of highly complex connections between cell bodies, axons and dendrites of neurons. While micropatterning techniques have been utilized for building simplified neuronal networks, the position of each cell body, axon and dendrite has been difficult to control. This paper presents miniaturized building blocks that control the position of cell bodies, axons, and dendrites of single neurons, and can be repositioned during cell culture. A simplified neuronal network can be designed and built by assembling the building blocks one by one. View this paper.
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Articles (58)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,099 Views
8 Pages
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Preparation and Characteristics of MAPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots on NiOx Film and Application for High Transparent Solar Cells

  • Lung-Chien Chen,
  • Kuan-Lin Lee,
  • Chun-Yuan Huang,
  • Jia-Ching Lin and
  • Zong-Liang Tseng
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 205;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050205

27 April 2018

In this work, a MAPbBr3 quantum dot (QD-MAPbBr3) layer was prepared by a simple and rapid method. Octylammonium bromide (OABr) gives the MAPbBr3 better exciton binding energy, good surface morphology, and stability. To form a nanocrystalline thin fil...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,960 Views
11 Pages
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Study of the Carrier-Aided Thin Film Electrode Array Design for Cochlear Insertion

  • Yuchen Xu,
  • Chuan Luo,
  • Fan-Gang Zeng,
  • John C. Middlebrooks,
  • Harrison W. Lin and
  • Zheng You
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 206;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050206

27 April 2018

The micro-fabricated thin film electrode array (TFEA) has been a promising design for cochlear implants (CIs) because of its cost-effectiveness and fabrication precision. The latest polymer-based cochlear TFEAs have faced difficulties for cochlear in...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,363 Views
25 Pages
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Recent Microdevice-Based Aptamer Sensors

  • Donny Nugraha Mazaafrianto,
  • Masatoshi Maeki,
  • Akihiko Ishida,
  • Hirofumi Tani and
  • Manabu Tokeshi
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 202;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050202

25 April 2018

Since the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) method was developed, aptamers have made significant contributions as bio-recognition sensors. Microdevice systems allow for low reagent consumption, high-throughput of sampl...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,100 Views
13 Pages
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Integrated Electromechanical Transduction Schemes for Polymer MEMS Sensors

  • Damien Thuau,
  • Pierre-Henri Ducrot,
  • Philippe Poulin,
  • Isabelle Dufour and
  • Cédric Ayela
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 197;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050197

24 April 2018

Polymer Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) have the potential to constitute a powerful alternative to silicon-based MEMS devices for sensing applications. Although the use of commercial photoresists as structural material in polymer MEMS has been...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,341 Views
20 Pages
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Analysis and Design of a Polygonal Oblique Beam for the Butterfly Vibratory Gyroscope with Improved Robustness to Fabrication Imperfections

  • Fenlan Ou,
  • Zhanqiang Hou,
  • Xuezhong Wu and
  • Dingbang Xiao
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 198;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050198

24 April 2018

This paper focuses on structural optimization of a Butterfly vibratory gyroscope (BFVG). An oblique suspension beam adopting polygonal cross-section is proposed in order to enhance the sensitivity and robustness. The operation principles of the BFVG...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,652 Views
18 Pages
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Mixing Performance of a 3D Micro T-Mixer with Swirl-Inducing Inlets and Rectangular Constriction

  • Jinxin Zhang and
  • Xiaoping Luo
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 199;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050199

24 April 2018

In this paper, three novel 3D micro T-mixers, namely, a micro T-mixer with swirl-inducing inlets (TMSI), a micro T-mixer with a rectangular constriction (TMRC), and a micro T-mixer with swirl-inducing inlets and a rectangular constriction (TMSC), wer...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,568 Views
21 Pages
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Particle Manipulation by Optical Forces in Microfluidic Devices

  • Petra Paiè,
  • Tommaso Zandrini,
  • Rebeca Martínez Vázquez,
  • Roberto Osellame and
  • Francesca Bragheri
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 200;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050200

24 April 2018

Since the pioneering work of Ashkin and coworkers, back in 1970, optical manipulation gained an increasing interest among the scientific community. Indeed, the advantages and the possibilities of this technique are unsubtle, allowing for the manipula...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
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Flexible Tactile Sensor Array Based on Aligned MWNTs-PU Composited Sub-Microfibers

  • Weiting Liu,
  • Xiaoying Cheng,
  • Xiaodong Ruan and
  • Xin Fu
Micromachines2018, 9(5), 201;https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9050201

24 April 2018

This present paper describes a novel method to fabricate tactile sensor arrays by producing aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)-polyurethane (PU) composite sub-microfiber (SMF) arrays with the electrospinning technique. The proposed sensor...

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