Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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Achieving Ultra-Omniphilic Wettability on Copper Using a Facile, Scalable, Tuned Bulk Micromanufacturing Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Altering the wetting characteristics of copper will positively impact numerous practical applications. The contact angle (CA) of a water droplet on the polished copper surface is usually between 70 deg and 80 deg. This ... -
Development of Highly Efficient Combined Polishing Method for Single-Crystal Silicon Carbide
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The aim of this research is to develop a combined polishing technology for single-crystal silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, which is known to be difficult to process due to its high hardness. This paper proposes a combined ... -
Study on Microgratings Using Imaging, Spectroscopic, and Fourier Lens Scatterometry
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)With new fabrication methods for mass production of nanotextured samples, there is an increasing demand for new characterization methods. Conventional microscopes are either too slow and/or too sensitive to vibrations. ... -
Self-Assembled Axisymmetric Microscale Periodic Wrinkles on Elastomer Fibers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this work, we demonstrate a novel scalable microscale manufacturing technique that uses structural self-assembly to create controlled ring-shaped periodic perturbations in the form of wrinkles on a polymer fiber concentric ... -
Laser Nanopatterning for Wettability Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)We report on periodic, homogeneous nanoripples fabricated on stainless steel (SS), copper (Cu), and aluminum (Al) substrates using an ytterbium pulsed femtosecond laser. These structures called laser induced periodic surface ... -
Microtexturing Into AISI-SUS420 Molds for Injection Molding Via Plasma Nitriding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The initial microdot and microline patterns were first ink-jet printed onto the surface of polished AISI420 stainless steel mold. This masked mold substrate was nitrided at 693 K for 7.2 ks at 70 Pa by using the high-density ... -
An Exploratory Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of the Nanostructured Porous Materials Deposited by Laser-Induced Chemical Solution Synthesis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Laser-induced chemical solution synthesis has been recently developed as a new generic method to create porous nanostructured materials for complex and miniaturized devices. The material made by this approach is successfully ... -
Material Dependence of the Contact Behavior of Oscillating Microprobes—Modeling and Experimental Evidence
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Oscillating microprobes avoid high stress and the sticking effect during contact between microprobe and measured surface. The full performance and application scope of oscillating microprobes can be explored and utilized ... -
A Novel Hybrid Heating Method for Mechanical Testing of Miniature Specimens at Elevated Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)A novel hybrid heating method which combines the conventional electric-resistance specimen heating with microcoil heating of specimen ends to achieve uniform heating over the gauge length is presented. Resistive heating ... -
Effect of Reprocessing on the Rheological, Electrical, and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene/Carbon Nanotube Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this paper, polypropylene (PP) filled with different levels of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) manufactured by injection molding was closed-loop recycled in order to investigate the effect of recycling and ... -
Research on Ultrasonic-Assisted Fixed-Abrasive Lapping Technology for Engineering Ceramics Cylindrical Part
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Lapping is a key processing step for precision parts, which directly affects machining quality, precision, and efficiency. Due to some drawbacks of free-abrasive lapping such as deep scratches on the lapped surface, lower ... -
Development of Smart Tooling Concepts Applied to Ultraprecision Machining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper presents smart tooling concepts applied to ultraprecision machining, particularly through the development of smart tool holders, two types of smart cutting tools, and a smart spindle for high-speed drilling and ... -
Manufacturing of Smart Goods: Current State, Future Potential, and Research Recommendations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Smart goods are everyday products with wireless connection to cloud computing enabling cost-effective strategies for embedded computation, memory and sensing. A 2015 workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation ... -
Thermal Analysis of Directional Freezing Based Graphene Aerogel Three-Dimensional Printing Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)A novel directional freezing based three-dimensional (3D) printing technique is applied to fabricate graphene aerogel (GA). Thermal property of the graphene ink is one of the key impacts on the material morphology and ... -
Effect of Thermal Softening on Anisotropy and Ductile Mode Cutting of Sapphire Using Micro-Laser Assisted Machining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Ceramics and semiconductors have many applications in optics, micro-electro-mechanical systems, and electronic industries due to their desirable properties. In most of these applications, these materials should have a ... -
In-Line Dimensional Metrology in Nanomanufacturing Systems Enabled by a Passive Semiconductor Wafer Alignment Mechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)One of the major challenges in nanoscale manufacturing is defect control because it is difficult to measure nanoscale features in-line with the manufacturing process. Optical inspection typically is not an option at the ... -
Fast Mask Image Projection-Based Micro-Stereolithography Process for Complex Geometry
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In micro-stereolithograhy (μSL), high-speed fabrication is a critical challenge due to the long delay time for refreshing resin and retaining printed microfeatures. Thus, the mask-image-projection-based micro-stereolithograhy ... -
Design of a High Bandwidth Nonresonant Tertiary Motion Generator for Elliptical Vibration Texturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper presents the design and characteristics of a new two-dimensional nonresonant tertiary motion generator which is based on the flextensional structure. A tool holder connects two perpendicularly placed flextensional ... -
Predicting the Force Needed to Create a Compression Seal in an Ultrathin Elastoviscoplastic Membrane
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this paper, a finite element model is developed, and experimentally validated, for predicting the force required to produce a compression seal between a polycarbonate sealing boss and a 25-μm thick elastoviscoplastic ... -
Development of Micro Pencil Grinding Tools Via an Electroless Plating Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper presents the development process of a new coating method for micro pencil grinding tools (MPGTs). MPGTs, applied for microgrinding, consist of a base body, abrasives, and a metallic bond. The manufacturing process ...