Best Paper Award

Micromachines established the Best Paper Award to recognize its best published papers in Volume 9 (between 21 December 2017 and 19 December 2018). Nominations are selected by the Editorial Office of Micromachines based on the review reports. All research articles and review papers published in Volume 9 are eligible for consideration.

The Evaluation Committee consists of 42 Editorial Board Members chaired by the Section Editor-in-Chief, Professor Ai-Qun Liu. Each paper nominated was examined carefully before the decision was made for the Micromachines Best Paper Award 2019. The Best Paper Award winners are:

  • Li, X.; Mou, F.; Guo, J.; Deng, Z.; Chen, C.; Xu, L.; Luo, M.; Guan, J. Hydrophobic Janus Foam Motors: Self-Propulsion and On-The-Fly Oil Absorption. Micromachines 2018, 9, 23; doi.org/10.3390/mi9010023. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/1/23
  • Yoon, D.H.; Tanaka, D.; Sekiguchi, T.; Shoji, S. Size-Dependent and Property-Independent Passive Microdroplet Sorting by Droplet Transfer on Dot Rails. Micromachines 2018, 9, 513; doi.org/10.3390/mi9100513. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/10/513
  • Stier, A.; Halekote, E.; Mark, A.; Qiao, S.; Yang, S.; Diller, K.; Lu, N. Stretchable Tattoo-Like Heater with On-Site Temperature Feedback Control. Micromachines 2018, 9, 170; doi.org/10.3390/mi9040170. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/4/170

In recognition of their accomplishments, each Best Paper Award winner will be given a certificate, a cash award of 500 CHF, and an opportunity to publish a paper in Micromachines free of charge (equivalent to 1600 CHF) in Open Access format after the standard peer-review process.

 
Micromachines 2019 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Micromachines will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

18 pages, 3884 KiB  
Article
A Microfluidic Device for Automated High Throughput Detection of Ice Nucleation of Snomax®
by Priyatanu Roy, Margaret L. House and Cari S. Dutcher
Micromachines 2021, 12(3), 296; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12030296 - 11 Mar 2021
10 pages, 2410 KiB  
Article
Smart Wearable Sensors Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Personal Healthcare Monitoring
by Ruonan Li, Xuelian Wei, Jiahui Xu, Junhuan Chen, Bin Li, Zhiyi Wu and Zhong Lin Wang
Micromachines 2021, 12(4), 352; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040352 - 25 Mar 2021
12 pages, 3828 KiB  
Article
A Label-Free Liquid Crystal Biosensor Based on Specific DNA Aptamer Probes for Sensitive Detection of Amoxicillin Antibiotic
by Duy Khiem Nguyen and Chang-Hyun Jang
Micromachines 2021, 12(4), 370; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040370 - 30 Mar 2021
15 pages, 1649 KiB  
Article
Post-Operative Monitoring of Intestinal Tissue Oxygenation Using an Implantable Microfabricated Oxygen Sensor
by Jamie R. K. Marland, Mark E. Gray, David J. Argyle, Ian Underwood, Alan F. Murray and Mark A. Potter
Micromachines 2021, 12(7), 810; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12070810 - 10 Jul 2021
15 pages, 3541 KiB  
Article
A Cerebral Organoid Connectivity Apparatus to Model Neuronal Tract Circuitry
by Denise A. Robles, Andrew J. Boreland, Zhiping P. Pang and Jeffrey D. Zahn
Micromachines 2021, 12(12), 1574; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121574 - 17 Dec 2021

Winner

Giorgio Ercolano
Yancheng Wang
Yaoyao Jia

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Ai Qun Liu Chairman
Nanyang Technological University

Winner

Hiroaki Onoe
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Hua Yang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology
Seok Kim
Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Ai Qun Liu Chairman
Nanyang Technological University

Winner

Jianguo Guan
Wuhan University of Technology, China paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/1/23
Dong Hyun Yoon
Waseda University, Japan paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/10/513
Nanshu Lu
University of Texas at Austin, USA paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/4/170

Winner

Seokheun Choi
State University of New York-Binghamton, USA paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/9/265
Raymond H. W. Lam
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/6/167
Seok Kim
Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/4/125
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