Reprint

Glassy Materials Based Microdevices

Edited by
February 2019
284 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03897-618-9 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03897-619-6 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Glassy Materials Based Microdevices that was published in

Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Summary

Microtechnology has changed our world since the last century, when silicon microelectronics revolutionized sensor, control and communication areas, with applications extending from domotics to automotive, and from security to biomedicine. The present century, however, is also seeing an accelerating pace of innovation in glassy materials; as an example, glass-ceramics, which successfully combine the properties of an amorphous matrix with those of micro- or nano-crystals, offer a very high flexibility of design to chemists, physicists and engineers, who can conceive and implement advanced microdevices. In a very similar way, the synthesis of glassy polymers in a very wide range of chemical structures offers unprecedented potential of applications. The contemporary availability of microfabrication technologies, such as direct laser writing or 3D printing, which add to the most common processes (deposition, lithography and etching), facilitates the development of novel or advanced microdevices based on glassy materials. Biochemical and biomedical sensors, especially with the lab-on-a-chip target, are one of the most evident proofs of the success of this material platform. Other applications have also emerged in environment, food, and chemical industries.

The present Special Issue of Micromachines aims at reviewing the current state-of-the-art and presenting perspectives of further development. Contributions related to the technologies, glassy materials, design and fabrication processes, characterization, and, eventually, applications are welcome.

Format
  • Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND licence
Keywords
micro-crack propagation; severing force; quartz glass; micro-grinding; microfluidics; single-cell analysis; polymeric microfluidic flow cytometry; single-cell protein quantification; glass molding process; groove; roughness; filling ratio; label-free sensor; optofluidic microbubble resonator; detection of small molecules; chalcogenide glass; infrared optics; precision glass molding; aspherical lens; freeform optics; micro/nano patterning; 2D colloidal crystal; soft colloidal lithography; strain microsensor; vectorial strain gauge; compound glass; microsphere; resonator; lasing; sensing; microresonator; whispering gallery mode; long period grating; fiber coupling; distributed sensing; chemical/biological sensing; direct metal forming; glassy carbon micromold; enhanced boiling heat transfer; metallic microstructure; microspheres; microdevices; glass; polymers; solar energy; nuclear fusion; thermal insulation; sol-gel; Ag nanoaggregates; Yb3+ ions; down-shifting; photonic microdevices; alkali cells; MEMS vapor cells; optical cells; atomic spectroscopy; microtechnology; microfabrication; MEMS; microfluidic devices; laser materials processing; ultrafast laser micromachining; ultrafast laser welding; enclosed microstructures; glass; porous media; fluid displacement; spray pyrolysis technique; dielectric materials; luminescent materials; photovoltaics; frequency conversion; device simulations; europium; luminescence; hybrid materials; microdevices; light; photon; communications; waveguides; fibers; biosensors; microstructured optical fibers; whispering gallery modes; light localization; optofluidics; lab-on-a-chip; femtosecond laser; laser micromachining; diffusion; n/a; n/a