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40 Citations
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Influence of Different Tool Electrode Materials on Electrochemical Discharge Machining Performances

  • Islam Md. Rashedul,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Kebing Zhou,
  • Guoqian Wang and ,
  • Tianpeng Xi and
  • Lei Ji
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

7 September 2021

Electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM) is an emerging method for developing micro-channels in conductive or non-conductive materials. In order to machine the materials, it uses a combination of chemical and thermal energy. The tool electrode’s ar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Ultra-Precision Machining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,427 Views
20 Pages

28 December 2022

The industrial application of electrical discharge machining (EDM) for manufacturing injection molding, in many cases, requires forming depth cavities with high length-to-width ratios, which is quite challenging. During slot EDM with thin-walled elec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonconventional Technology in Materials Processing-Volume 2)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,999 Views
28 Pages

15 February 2022

Electrode material used in wire electric discharge machining (WEDM/wire EDM) plays a vital role in determining the machined component quality. In particular, when machining hard materials like nickel titanium/NiTi (NiTiNOL) shape memory alloy, the qu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Tool Life Prediction in Machining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,357 Views
22 Pages

27 January 2017

The paper describes the results of the experimental research of the heat affected zone (HAZ) of an eroded surface after die-sinking electrical discharge machining (EDM). The research was carried out on chrome-molybdenum-vanadium alloyed tool steel EN...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Views
49 Pages

A Review of Processing Methods, Tool Electrodes and Electrolytes in Micro-ECM

  • Zhaozhi Wu,
  • Aosong Cui,
  • Jianxin Zhou,
  • Jianxun Lu and ,
  • Xiangfu Chen,
  • Yuanji Li,
  • Cheng Deng and
  • Ri Chen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

6 November 2026

Micro-electrochemical machining (micro-ECM) is a non-contact subtractive process in which material is removed by anodic dissolution. This review examines 150 publications from 1992 to 2026 on hybrid and assisted machining, tool electrode design and f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing Technologies, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,219 Views
13 Pages

The Use of Electrode Tools Obtained by Selective Laser Melting to Create Textured Surfaces

  • Timur Rizovich Ablyaz,
  • Evgeny Sergeevich Shlykov and
  • Karim Ravilevich Muratov

13 July 2022

The study and development of the technological foundations for creating a textured surface using an electrode tool obtained by the method of additive manufacturing are the purpose of the work. Methods for obtaining textured surfaces and for creating...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surface Processing of Steels: Materials, Techniques and Applications)
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  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,469 Views
24 Pages

Hole-Making in D2-Grade Steel Tool by Electric-Discharge Machining through Non-Conventional Electrodes

  • Madiha Rafaqat,
  • Nadeem Ahmad Mufti,
  • Naveed Ahmed,
  • Ateekh Ur Rehman and ,
  • Abdullah Yahia AlFaify,
  • Muhammad Umar Farooq and
  • Mustafa Saleh
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 August 2022

A low material removal rate and a high tool wear rate are two major concerns among the research and development community of electric-discharge machining. From the literature, it is evident that several researchers have attempted to improve the mater...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,122 Views
21 Pages

Fabrication of Large-Aspect-Ratio Micro Tool Electrodes by Bipolar Pulsed Vertical Liquid Membrane Method

  • Xiujuan Wu,
  • Li Wang,
  • Weijing Kong,
  • Tao Yang and ,
  • Yusen Hang and
  • Yongbin Zeng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

To achieve efficient preparation of microfine tool electrodes with a large aspect ratio, a bipolar pulse vertical liquid membrane electrochemical etching technique was proposed. The difference in current density distribution on the surface of tungste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,717 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Adaptive Gap Control Mechanism and Tool Electrodes on Machining Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) Alloy in EDM Process

  • Shoufa Liu,
  • Muthuramalingam Thangaraj,
  • Khaja Moiduddin and
  • Abdulrahman M. Al-Ahmari

10 January 2022

Titanium alloy is widely used for orthodontic technology and easily machined using the EDM process. In the EDM process, the workpiece and tool electrode must be separated by a continuous air gap during the machining operation to generate discharge en...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,262 Views
11 Pages

High-Performance Electro-Discharge Drilling with a Novel Type of Oxidized Tool Electrode

  • Eckart Uhlmann,
  • Julian Polte,
  • Jan Streckenbach,
  • Ngoc Chuong Dinh and ,
  • Sami Yabroudi,
  • Mitchel Polte and
  • Julian Börnstein
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Electro-discharge drilling is a key technology for manufacturing sophisticated nozzles in a broad range of automotive and aerospace applications. The formation of debris in the working gap leads to arcs and short circuits on the lateral surface when...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and EDM-Based Hybrid Machining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,020 Views
24 Pages

Influence of Silver-Coated Tool Electrode on Electrochemical Micromachining of Incoloy 825

  • Geethapriyan Thangamani,
  • Muthuramalingam Thangaraj,
  • Palani Iyamperumal Anand,
  • Mani Jayakumar and ,
  • Nikolaos E. Karkalos,
  • Emmanouil L. Papazoglou and
  • Panagiotis Karmiris-Obratański
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Incoloy 825 alloy is often used in calorifiers, propeller shafts, and tank vehicles owing to the improved resistance to aqueous corrosion. The electrochemical micromachining process can be utilized to machine such an engineering material owing to hig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characterization and Manufacturing of Nano-Composites and Nano-Composite Coatings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,914 Views
12 Pages

21 August 2008

The purpose of this study was to develop a novel measurement method using a machine vision system. Besides using image processing techniques, the proposed system employs a detection line algorithm that detects the tool electrode length and drilling d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,589 Views
30 Pages

Wire Tool Electrode Behavior and Wear under Discharge Pulses

  • Sergey N. Grigoriev,
  • Marina A. Volosova,
  • Anna A. Okunkova,
  • Sergey V. Fedorov and ,
  • Khaled Hamdy,
  • Pavel A. Podrabinnik,
  • Petr M. Pivkin,
  • Mikhail P. Kozochkin and
  • Artur N. Porvatov
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

This work is devoted to researching the tool electrode behavior and wear under discharge pulses at electrical discharge machining. The experiments were conducted on the workpieces of 12Kh18N10T (AISI 321) chrome-nickel anti-corrosion steel and D16 (A...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reviews and Advances in Materials Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,584 Views
13 Pages

Study of the EDM Process of Bimetallic Materials Using a Composite Electrode Tool

  • Timur Rizovich Ablyaz,
  • Evgeny Sergeevich Shlykov,
  • Karim Ravilevich Muratov and
  • Alexander Valentinovich Zhurin

19 January 2022

New types of profile products make complex use of bimetals. These materials possess a set of properties such as strength, corrosion resistance, thermal conductivity, heat resistance, wear resistance. For the processing of such products, it is advisab...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surface Processing of Steels: Materials, Techniques and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,713 Views
15 Pages

This paper introduces PyBEP, a Python-based tool for the automated and optimized selection of open-circuit potential (OCP) curves and calculation of stoichiometric cycling ranges for lithium-ion battery electrodes based on open-circuit voltage (OCV)...

(This article belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,201 Views
23 Pages

9 March 2026

Electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM) with low machining reaction forces is useful for machining hard and brittle materials, which are required in precision equipment. Lathe-type ECD machines have been proposed to machine axisymmetric shapes whi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Manufacturing Engineering 2024—Processes, Machines, Tooling and Systems Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,235 Views
25 Pages

Multiobjective Optimization of Heat-Treated Copper Tool Electrode on EMM Process Using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) Algorithm

  • Geethapriyan Thangamani,
  • Muthuramalingam Thangaraj,
  • Khaja Moiduddin,
  • Hisham Alkhalefah and ,
  • Sivakumar Mahalingam and
  • Panagiotis Karmiris-Obratański
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 July 2022

Electrochemical micromachining (EMM) is a plausible method for manufacturing high accuracy and precision microscale components in a broad range of materials. EMM is commonly utilized to manufacture turbine blades for automobiles and aircrafts. In thi...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,278 Views
18 Pages

7 November 2022

Platinum dissolution in PEM fuel cells is an increasingly important indicator for the state-of-health and lifetime prediction of fuel cells in real applications. For this reason, portable online analysis tools are needed that can detect and quantify...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Electrochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,007 Views
21 Pages

5 July 2026

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful, non-destructive tool for evaluating ion-selective electrode (ISE) membrane condition. This work investigated EIS for identifying degradation mechanisms in all-solid-state Pb2+-selective elec...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,786 Views
21 Pages

10 May 2024

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a rapidly evolving method in modern industry that manufactures highly complex components. The physical properties of a tool electrode material are significant factors in determining the effectiveness of the pro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonconventional Technology in Materials Processing-3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,290 Views
13 Pages

Energy Channelization Analysis of Rough Tools Developed by RM-MT-EDM Process during ECSM of Glass Substrates

  • Tarlochan Singh,
  • Akshay Dvivedi,
  • Sarabjeet Singh Sidhu,
  • Evgeny Sergeevich Shlykov and ,
  • Karim Ravilevich Muratov and
  • Timur Rizovich Ablyaz
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 August 2022

In the present work, the effect of tool surface roughness on energy channelization behavior was analyzed during the fabrication of micro holes by an electrochemical spark machining (ECSM) process. In this study, rough tools were fabricated by a rotar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surface Processing of Steels: Materials, Techniques and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,658 Views
13 Pages

29 April 2021

Different cathode materials have different surface chemical components and machining capacities, which may finally result in different machining quality and machining efficiency of workpieces. In this paper, in order to investigate the influence of c...

(This article belongs to the Collection Machining and Manufacturing of Alloys and Steels)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,622 Views
53 Pages

Helical Electrodes for Electro-Discharge Drilling: Experimental and CFD-Based Analysis of the Influence of Internal and External Flushing Geometries on the Process Characteristics

  • Eckart Uhlmann,
  • Mitchel Polte,
  • Sami Yabroudi,
  • Nicklas Gerhard and ,
  • Ekaterina Sakharova,
  • Kai Thißen and
  • Wilhelm Penske
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The electro-discharge (ED) drilling of precision boreholes in difficult-to-machine materials, particularly with respect to the cost-effectiveness of the overall process, is still a challenge. Flushing is one key factor for the precise machining of bo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and EDM-Based Hybrid Machining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
629 Views
19 Pages

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) demonstrates significant advantages in machining difficult-to-cut materials, particularly those with high hardness and brittleness, owing to its thermally driven material removal mechanism in which the arc plasma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,389 Views
20 Pages

26 March 2019

This article reports an experimental investigation of the efficacy of self-flushing in the Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process in terms of tool wear rate (TWR), hole taper angle and material removal rate (MRR). In addition to a plain cylindr...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,690 Views
19 Pages

31 October 2017

The geometrical accuracy of the machined surface can generally be understood mainly as accuracy of shape, orientation, position and run-out. As a general rule; it is quantified by the corresponding deviations from the nominal area. The size of the ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,396 Views
26 Pages

17 June 2021

In micro-electrical discharge machining (micro-EDM) milling, the cross-section of the microgroove machine is frequently not an ideal rectangle. For instance, there are arc shapes on the bottom and corners, and the sidewall is not steep. The theoretic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Micro-Electro Discharge Machining: Principles, Recent Advancements and Applications, Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
183 Views
37 Pages

Feasibility of an SLA-Printed Copper-Plated Electrode for Electrical Discharge Machining: Fabrication, Structural Heterogeneity, and Behavior in Machining

  • Pavel E. Antipov,
  • Alexander V. Vaskovsky,
  • Ivan N. Zubkov,
  • Victor A. Klushin and ,
  • Andrey L. Nikolaev,
  • Alina A. Petrenko,
  • Yuri V. Korolev,
  • Evgeniy V. Sadyrin,
  • Anton T. Chernyaev and
  • Elena O. Chernyaeva
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Metal-coated polymer electrodes fabricated by additive manufacturing are promising tools for electrical discharge machining (EDM) of complex shapes; however, coating non-uniformity and thermomechanical degradation limit their performance. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,029 Views
12 Pages

12 October 2021

Electrorheological (ER) polishing, as a new ultra-precision super-effect polishing method, provides little damage to the workpiece surface and is suitable for polishing all kinds of small and complex curved surface workpieces. In this paper, an ER po...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Ultra-Precision Machining)
  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
13,375 Views
33 Pages

Recent Trends and Developments in the Electrical Discharge Machining Industry: A Review

  • Anna A. Kamenskikh,
  • Karim R. Muratov,
  • Evgeny S. Shlykov,
  • Sarabjeet Singh Sidhu and ,
  • Amit Mahajan,
  • Yulia S. Kuznetsova and
  • Timur R. Ablyaz
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a highly precise technology that not only facilitates the machining of components into desired shapes but also enables the alteration of the physical and chemical properties of workpieces. The complexity of the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Machining of Difficult-to-Cut Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,243 Views
18 Pages

29 September 2025

This study examines the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of copper tool electrodes processed via Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP), with a specific focus on their performance in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) applications. A n...

(This article belongs to the Section Crystalline Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,058 Views
17 Pages

Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified with C/Au Nanostructured Materials for Simultaneous Determination of Hydroquinone and Catechol in Water Matrices

  • Samuel Piña,
  • Christian Candia-Onfray,
  • Natalia Hassan,
  • Paola Jara-Ulloa and ,
  • David Contreras and
  • Ricardo Salazar
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The simultaneous determination of hydroquinone and catechol was conducted in aqueous and real samples by means of differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) using a glassy carbon electrode modified with Gold Nanoparticles (AuNP) and functionalized multiwal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Voltammperometric Sensors)
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  • Open Access
43 Citations
4,912 Views
20 Pages

Physicomechanical Nature of Acoustic Emission Preceding Wire Breakage during Wire Electrical Discharge Machining (WEDM) of Advanced Cutting Tool Materials

  • Sergey N. Grigoriev,
  • Petr M. Pivkin,
  • Mikhail P. Kozochkin,
  • Marina A. Volosova and ,
  • Anna A. Okunkova,
  • Artur N. Porvatov,
  • Alexander A. Zelensky and
  • Alexey B. Nadykto
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

19 November 2021

The field of applied wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) is rapidly expanding due to rapidly increasing demand for parts made of hard-to-machine materials. Hard alloys composed of WC, TiC and Co are advanced cutting materials widely used in in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machining of Advanced Cutting Materials: Fundamentals, Modeling and Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,090 Views
20 Pages

Recent Advances in Moderate Electric Field (MEF) Systems for Sustainable Food Processing

  • Tesfaye Bedane,
  • Francesco Marra,
  • Norman Maloney and
  • James Lyng

21 August 2025

Moderate electric field (MEF) technology is an electro-heating technology that involves the application of electric fields less than 1000 V cm−1, with or without the effect of heat, to induce heating and enhance mass transfer in food processing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Thermal and Non-Thermal Technologies for Food Preservation and Sustainable Food Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,230 Views
24 Pages

Study of the Structure and Mechanical Properties after Electrical Discharge Machining with Composite Electrode Tools

  • Timur Rizovich Ablyaz,
  • Evgeny Sergeevich Shlykov,
  • Karim Ravilevich Muratov and
  • Ilya Vladimirovich Osinnikov

19 February 2022

Our study was devoted to increasing the efficiency of electrical discharge machining of high-quality parts with a composite electrode tool. We analyzed the chemical composition of the surface layer of the processed product, microhardness, the paramet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Surface Processing of Steels: Materials, Techniques and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,768 Views
8 Pages

Utilization of Epidural Electrodes as a Diagnostic Tool in Intractable Epilepsy—A Technical Note

  • Ran Xu,
  • Johannes Achberger,
  • Dario von Wedel,
  • Peter Vajkoczy and ,
  • Julia Onken and
  • Ulf C. Schneider
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 February 2022

The utilization of epidural electrodes in the preoperative evaluation of intractable epilepsy is a valuable but underrepresented tool. In recent years, we have adapted the use of cylindrical epidural 1-contact electrodes (1-CE) instead of Peg electro...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Biology and Biomedicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,347 Views
18 Pages

15 October 2021

The article is devoted to increasing the efficiency of electrical discharge machining of special-purpose items with composite electrode tools. The subject of research is the parameter of the roughness of the processed surface and the work of the elec...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
4,994 Views
13 Pages

Influence of Additive Manufactured Stainless Steel Tool Electrode on Machinability of Beta Titanium Alloy

  • Ragavanantham Shanmugam,
  • Monsuru Ramoni,
  • Geethapriyan Thangamani and
  • Muthuramalingam Thangaraj

10 May 2021

Additive manufacturing technology provides a gateway to completely new horizons for producing a wide range of components, such as manufacturing, medicine, aerospace, automotive, and space explorations, especially in non-conventional manufacturing pro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Processing and Mechanical Behavior in Lightweight Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,941 Views
12 Pages

A study of the transient potential signals obtained with a cation-selective electrode based on an ion-exchanger was carried out for solutions of the following individual cations at different concentrations: H+, Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Mg2+, Ca2+, choline...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Directions in Ion Electroanalysis for Real World Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,353 Views
21 Pages

3 January 2026

Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) experience performance losses driven by electrode ageing, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly resolved under operational conditions. This work presents a novel application of dynamic electrochemical imped...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
13,170 Views
17 Pages

Vibrational Stark Effect of the Electric-Field Reporter 4-Mercaptobenzonitrile as a Tool for Investigating Electrostatics at Electrode/SAM/Solution Interfaces

  • Gal Schkolnik,
  • Johannes Salewski,
  • Diego Millo,
  • Ingo Zebger and ,
  • Stefan Franzen and
  • Peter Hildebrandt
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 June 2012

4-mercaptobenzonitrile (MBN) in self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au and Ag electrodes was studied by surface enhanced infrared absorption and Raman spectroscopy, to correlate the nitrile stretching frequency with the local electric field exploitin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Self-Assembled Soft Matter Nanostructures at Interfaces)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,131 Views
17 Pages

Screen-Printed Electrodes—A Promising Tool for Antineoplastic Drug Detection (Cisplatin and Bleomycin) in Biological Samples

  • Andreea-Cristina Mirica (Ion),
  • Dana Stan,
  • Dragos-Cosmin Zaharia,
  • Horia Iovu and ,
  • Sorin Mocanu,
  • Marioara Avram and
  • Lorena-Andreea Bocancia-Mateescu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Cancer remains one of the leading causes for death worldwide. Palliative chemotherapy is vital for certain cancer patients, highlighting the critical need for treatment monitoring tools to prevent drug accumulation and mitigate the risk of high toxic...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,525 Views
13 Pages

12 February 2024

A copper film-modified, carboxyl-functionalized, and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT-COOH)-modified screen-printed carbon electrode (CuF/MWCNTs/SPCE) was used for lead determination using anodic stripping voltammetry. The main parameters were inv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,916 Views
11 Pages

Screen-Printed Electrodes: New Tools for Developing Microbial Electrochemistry at Microscale Level

  • Marta Estevez-Canales,
  • Antonio Berná,
  • Zulema Borjas and
  • Abraham Esteve-Núñez

19 November 2015

Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) have a number of potential technological applications. In this work, we report the use of screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) as a tool to analyze the microbial electroactivity by using Geobacter sulfurreduc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Fuel Cells: Power-up, Cost Reduction and Practical Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,774 Views
19 Pages

7 March 2022

Good heat dissipation performance of aero-engine an effectively improve the service performance and service life of aero-engine. Therefore, this paper studies the machining method of cooling holes of high-temperature existent material GH 4169 for aer...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,982 Views
27 Pages

Robotic Systems for Cochlear Implant Surgeries: A Review of Robotic Design and Clinical Outcomes

  • Oneeba Ahmed,
  • Mingfeng Wang,
  • Bin Zhang,
  • Richard Irving and ,
  • Philip Begg and
  • Xinli Du
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Sensorineural hearing loss occurs when cochlear hair cells fail to convert mechanical sound waves into electrical signals transmitted via the auditory nerve. Cochlear implants (CIs) restore hearing by directly stimulating the auditory nerve with elec...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,956 Views
13 Pages

Suggested Research Trends in the Area of Micro-EDM—Study of Some Parameters Affecting Micro-EDM

  • Atanas Ivanov,
  • Abhishek Lahiri,
  • Venelin Baldzhiev and
  • Anna Trych-Wildner

29 September 2021

This paper provides an overall view of the current research in micro-electrical discharge machining (micro-EDM or µEDM) and looks into the present understanding of the material removing mechanism and the common approach for electrode material selecti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Micro-Manufacturing and Applications: Advanced Micro Processing Technology, Devices and Equipment, Volume II)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
15,358 Views
28 Pages

Wire Electrical Discharge Machining—A Review

  • Laurenţiu Slătineanu,
  • Oana Dodun,
  • Margareta Coteaţă,
  • Gheorghe Nagîţ and ,
  • Irina Beşliu Băncescu and
  • Adelina Hriţuc
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 October 2020

Wire electrical discharge machining has appeared mainly in response to the need for detachment with sufficiently high accuracy of parts of plate-type workpieces. The improvements introduced later allowed the extension of this machining technology to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,066 Views
11 Pages

Ga-Doped ZnO Coating—A Suitable Tool for Tuning the Electrode Properties in the Solar Cells with CdS/ZnS Core-Shell Quantum Dots

  • Mariya Aleksandrova,
  • Tatyana Ivanova,
  • Velichka Strijkova,
  • Tsvetozar Tsanev and ,
  • Ajaya Kumar Singh,
  • Jai Singh and
  • Kostadinka Gesheva
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 January 2021

Two layer system from sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) and gallium doped zinc oxide (Ga:ZnO, GZO) were studied for transparency in the visible electromagnetic range, reflectivity in the near infrared range, conductivity and valent band for a solar ce...

(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Crystalline Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
888 Views
13 Pages

15 November 2025

The use of preservatives such as diuron and isoproturon in the paint industry is essential to protect products against microbial attack. However, these compounds are subject to strict regulation due to the harmful effects they have on the environment...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

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