Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Micromachines 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Volume 11 of Micromachines (between 18 December 2019 and 21 December 2020) were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the five winning papers, which were nominated by our Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor-in-Chief, have been selected. The winning papers are as follows:
Research Articles:
Size Sorting of Exosomes by Tuning the Thicknesses of the Electric Double Layers on a Micro-Nanofluidic Device
By Satoko Fujiwara, Kyojiro Morikawa, Tatsuro Endo, Hideaki Hisamoto and Kenji Sueyoshi
Micromachines 2020, 11(5), 458; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11050458
Additive Manufacturing of Sub-Micron to Sub-mm Metal Structures with Hollow AFM Cantilevers
By Giorgio Ercolano, Cathelijn van Nisselroy, Thibaut Merle, János Vörös, Dmitry Momotenko, Wabe W. Koelmans and Tomaso Zambelli
Micromachines 2020, 11(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11010006
A Robotic Biopsy Endoscope with Magnetic 5-DOF Locomotion and a Retractable Biopsy Punch
By Manh Cuong Hoang, Viet Ha Le, Kim Tien Nguyen, Van Du Nguyen, Jayoung Kim, Eunpyo Choi, Seungmin Bang, Byungjeon Kang, Jong-Oh Park and Chang-Sei Kim
Micromachines 2020, 11(1), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11010098
Development of Fully Flexible Tactile Pressure Sensor with Bilayer Interlaced Bumps for Robotic Grasping Applications
By Lingfeng Zhu, Yancheng Wang, Deqing Mei and Chengpeng Jiang
Micromachines 2020, 11(8), 770; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11080770
A mm-Sized Free-Floating Wireless Implantable Opto-Electro Stimulation Device
By Yaoyao Jia, Yan Gong, Arthur Weber, Wen Li and Maysam Ghovanloo
Micromachines 2020, 11(6), 621; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11060621
Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500 and the opportunity to publish a paper, free of charge, in Micromachines in 2022.
On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to extend our gratitude to all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Micromachines, as well as to the award committee for voting and helping with this award.
Micromachines Editorial Office
Eligibility and Requirements
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