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The coffee ring effect occurs when a droplet of a suspension evaporates on a substrate; this process can separate suspended nanoparticles (NPs) by size as a result of geometric constraints at the contact line ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:17
This work reports the development of a field-deployable and fully handheld fluorometer for environmental water monitoring. Our developed fluorimeter can detect both green algae and cyanobacteria (blue-green al...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:16
Here, we develop a flexible microrobot enhancing the steerability of a conventional guidewire. To improve steerability, a microrobot is attached to the tip of the guidewire and guided using an external magneti...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:15
We present a photolithography scheme for ultra-tall, high-aspect-ratio microstructures. While increased height of microstructures can expand the design capability of various microdevices, it has been challengi...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:14
In this paper, a stress and fracture study, occurring during the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of anodically bonded substrates is presented. The samples contain glass pillars, used to form the glass cavi...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:13
In this paper, we characterized the behavior of polymer jet from near-field electrospinning onto the inkjet patterned paper with conductive Ag nanoparticles in order to form the controlled three-dimensional na...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:12
In this research, we present the feasibility testing results of a simple distance measurement system using microfabricated scanning micromirrors. Two different configurations have been tested with different ty...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:11
A volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor array based on metal oxide nanoparticles (MOX NPs) functionalized by metalloporphyrins (MPPs) was demonstrated. The VOC sensor array was composed of four single sensors...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:10
In the present study, a screen-printed electrode based-sensor with electrochemical detection was developed for rapid and sensitive determination of acetylcholine. At first, the screen-printed carbon electrode ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:9
This paper reports the first demonstration of hydrogel conical tip attachment onto quartz tuning fork (QTF) by using an elastomeric tip mold that is soft-lithographically replicated from an electrochemically e...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:8
A catalytic combustible type single-chip micro gas sensor was fabricated by MEMS technology and responses with input powers and methane and hydrogen gas concentrations were characterized. The ranges of respons...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:7
This study aims to propose a new fabrication method for an ohmic contact type RF-MEMS switch with Au–Au/carbon nanotube (CNT)-composite contacts. These contacts are proposed to improve the reliability and the ...
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Thanks to the excellent barrier property and fabrication accessibility, Parylene has been actively used in the microelectromechanical system. An ultra-thin Parylene film with thickness smaller than 100 nm is u...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:5
Silicon wet anisotropic etching based bulk micromachining technique is widely used for the fabrication of microelectromechanical systems components. In this technique of microfabrication, alignment of mask edg...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:4
Droplet microfluidics has emerged as a promising technique to perform high-throughput, massively-parallel chemical and molecular biological reactions. Droplet microfluidic operations such as droplet generation...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:3
Contemporary biomedical research requires development of novel techniques for sorting and manipulation of cells within the framework of a microfluidic chip. The desired functions of a microfluidic chip are ach...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:2
This study presents a finger-triggered portable polydimethylsiloxane suction cup that enables equipment-free microfluidic pumping. The key feature of this method is that its operation only involves a “pressing...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2018 6:1
Microprobes are used to repair neuronal injury by recording electrical signals from neuronal cells around the surface of the device. Following implantation into the brain, the immune response results in format...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:28
This paper presents results for dispensing living cells using a pneumatic dispensing system to verify the feasibility of using this system to fabricate biomaterials. Living cells (i.e., mouse 3T3-J2 fibroblast...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:27
Pt thin film temperature sensors (Pt T sensors) are embedded in micro gas sensors to measure and control the working temperature. We characterized electrical resistances of Pt T sensors and micro heaters with ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:26
This paper proposes a device level solution to achieve linear frequency tuning with respect to a tuning voltage (V tune ) sweep in an inductor (L)–capaci...
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This letter reports two novel electrode design considerations to satisfy two very important aspects of EWOD operation—(1) Highly consistent volume of generated droplets and (2) Highly improved accuracy in the gen...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:24
Anisotropic wet etching is a most widely employed for the fabrication of MEMS/NEMS structures using silicon bulk micromachining. The use of Si{110} in MEMS is inevitable when a microstructure with vertical sid...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:23
Cardiovascular disease is a very serious disease which results in about 30% of all global mortality. Atrial fibrillation (AF) causes rapid and irregular contractions resulting in stroke and cardiac arrest. AF ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:22
We present a facile method for the preparation of polyethyleneglycol diacrylate (PEG-DA) hydrogels with plasmonic gold (Au) nanospheres incorporated for various biological and chemical sensing applications. Pl...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:21
This paper presents a micro-fabricated flexible and curled PZT [Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3] cantilever using d33 piezoelectric mode for vibration based energy harvesting applications. The proposed cantilever based energy...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:20
Despite many efforts to create nanogratings to exploit exceptionally enhanced nano-sized effects, realizing sub-10 nm nanogratings on a large area still remains a great challenge. Herein, we demonstrate fabric...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:19
We present a simple and scalable fluidic-assembly approach, in which bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are selectively aligned and deposited by directionally controlled dip-coating and solvent...
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Biofilm formed on the surface of the object by the microorganism resulting in fouling organisms. This has led to many problems in daily life, medicine, health and industrial community. In this study, we tried ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:16
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small membrane-bound bodies that are released into extracellular space by diverse cells, and are found in body fluids like blood, urine and saliva. EVs contain RNA, DNA and pro...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:15
Wireless power transmission was conceptualized nearly a century ago. Certain achievements made to date have made power harvesting a reality, capable of providing alternative sources of energy. This review prov...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:14
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioinspired energy converter which directly converts biomass into electricity through the catalytic activity of a specific species of bacteria. The effect of temperature on a m...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:13
Highly reactive integrated material systems have recently gained attention, as they promise a feasible tool for heterogeneous integration of micro electromechanical systems. As integrated energy sources they c...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:12
Ion concentration polarization (ICP) has been widely studied for collecting target analytes as it is a powerful preconcentrator method employed for charged molecules. Although the method is quite robust, simpl...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:11
High throughput nanomanufacturing of photopatternable nanofibers and subsequent photopatterning is reported. For the production of high density nanofibers, the tube nozzle electrospinning (TNE) process has bee...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:10
We herein report on a simple and novel method of refractometry that uses a micro image defocusing technique. This simple method makes use of a three-pinhole aperture attached to a microscopic optical system. I...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:9
Recently, novel biomolecules separation and detection methods based on ion concentration polarization (ICP) phenomena have been extensively researched due to its high amplification ratio and high-speed accumul...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:8
We report piezoresistive high-g three-axis accelerometer with a single proof mass suspended by thin eight beams. This eight-beam design allows load-sharing at high-g preventing structural breakage, as well as ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:7
Controlling cells’ movement is an important technique in biological analysis that is performed within a microfluidic system. Many external forces are utilized for manipulation of cells, including their positio...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:6
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This paper presents a novel dual-axis accelerometer that consists of a liquid metal droplet in a cone-shaped channel and an electrode layer with four Nichrome electrodes. The sensor uses the advantages of the ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:5
In this paper, we presents a MEMS pressure sensor integrated with a readout circuit on a chip for an on-chip signal processing. The capacitive pressure sensor is formed on a CMOS chip by using a post-CMOS MEMS...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:4
We fabricated and characterized microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based Ni–B probes with enhanced mechanical properties for fine pitch testing. The Ni–B micro-probes were compared with conventional Ni–Co m...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:3
Construction of three-dimensional (3D) microenvironment become an important issue in recent biological studies due to their biological relevance compared to conventional two-dimensional (2D) microenvironment. ...
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MEMS laser scanning enables the miniaturization of endoscopic catheters for advanced endomicroscopy such as confocal microscopy, multiphoton microscopy, optical coherence tomography, and many other laser scann...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2017 5:1
In this study, the effects of open area ratio (OAR) variations by micro-patterns on Cu alloy electrodeposition were analyzed experimentally. To change the OAR of the samples, a strip-type micro-pattern was for...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2016 4:9
Bacterial therapies have been paid significant attentions by their ability to penetrate deep into the solid tumor tissue and its propensity to naturally accumulate in tumors of living animals. Understanding th...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2016 4:8
In this paper, nano-silver ink-jet printed transmission lines were fabricated to investigate RF performance on both flame retardant (FR-4) and polyimide (PI) as rigid and flexible substrates. The transmission ...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2016 4:7
This paper reports on a semiconductor gas sensor array to detect nitrogen oxides (NOx) in automotive exhaust gas. The proposed semiconductor gas sensor array consisted of one common electrode and three individual...
Citation: Micro and Nano Systems Letters 2016 4:6
In wet bulk micromachining, the etching characteristics are orientation dependent. As a result, prolonged etching of mask openings of any geometric shape on both Si{100} and Si{110} wafers results in a structu...
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