Porous-Materials-Based Devices
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D：Materials and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 1441
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Interests: smart composites; multi-scale composites; nano-structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Porous materials are found in all classes of materials, from microporous zeolite ceramics to mesoporous metals, to macroporous polymers.
As a matter of fact, porosity, either closed or open, is a characteristic that strongly defines the properties of a given material, such as its density, specific surface, specific mechanical properties, thermal conductivity, acoustic impedance, and even its permeability to gases and liquids. A properly engineered porous material, for instance, can provide the same performance as its bulk counterpart, but for a fraction of the weight, which is crucial for its application in automotive aerospace fields.
Porous materials based microdevices and micromachines could potentially solve some of the most urgent technological challenges of the modern world, while they are fundamental in a diverse range of applications, from structural materials to energy technologies. Recent advances in porous materials based micromachines include the development of nanoporous metals by selective dissolution and their use in catalysis, and phase separation methods to make porous ceramics. This Special Issue of Micromachines will be devoted to exploring the wide range of types and applications of porous-materials-based microdevices.
Special emphasis will be devoted to novel designs, new fabrication methods, new properties, and new applications, control, and modeling of porous materials based microdevices/micromachines, and how these impact many different technologies.
Dr. Farzad Ebrahimi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- micro-/nanofabrication
- mechanics of micro-/nanostructures
- MEMS/NEMS
- mechanical and electrical transducers, sensors, and actuators
- optic and optoelectronic devices
- micro-/nanoscale energy harvesting
- piezoelectric, triboelectric, and pyroelectric nanogenerators
- flexible, stretchable, and wearable electronics/sensors
- microbots, nanorobots, and micro air vehicles
- photonic nanostructures
- micro-/nanoscale sensing/actuating
- BioMEMS
- miniaturized biosensors
- microarrays
- DNA chips
- PCR chips
- electronic noses
- organ-on-a-chip
- microfluidic cell culture
- point-of-care diagnostic chips
- molecular imprinting
- micromachines in regenerative medicine, biomedical research, drug discovery, environment, food, health, security, and safety
- electrochemical devices
- nanoelectrodes
- miniaturized gas sensors
- miniaturized chemical sensors
- microsystems for chemistry
- microreactors
- lab-on-a-chip, biochips, and microfluidics applications in chemistry
- materials-based micro-/nanostructures, devices, systems, and applications
- micro-/nanofabrication and manufacturing
- design and optimization principles of micro- and nanosystems
- micro-/nanosystems and advanced technologies for engineering applications
- 3D-printed microfluidic devices
- micromachines for non-Newtonian microfluidics
- micromachines for dielectrophoresis
- advanced machine learning techniques for sensing and imaging applications
