Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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Fast Generation of Planar Microstructured Surfaces by Elliptical Vibration Texturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Microstructured surfaces have extensive applications in a wide array of fields due to their improved functional performance. Existing manufacturing methods for these surfaces fall short of efficiency for volume production ... -
Development of a Hybrid Thermoplastic Forming Process for the Manufacture of Curvilinear Surgical Blades From Bulk Metallic Glass
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)A hybrid thermoplastic forming process involving sequential micromolding and microdrawing operations is developed to manufacture the multifacet/curvilinear geometries found on most surgical blades. This is accomplished ... -
Tip-Based Nanomanufacturing of Nanofluidics Using Atomic Force Microscopy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Presently, nanomanufacturing capabilities limit the commercialization of a broader range of nanoscale structures with higher complexity, greater precision and accuracy, and a substantially improved performance. Atomic force ... -
Special Section: Scalable Nanomanufacturing
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The Leidenfrost Effect at the Nanoscale
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Nanotechnology has been presenting successful applications in several fields, such as electronics, medicine, energy, and new materials. However, the high cost of investment in facilities, equipment, and materials as well ... -
A Low-Cost, Automated Wafer Loading System With Submicron Alignment Accuracy for Nanomanufacturing and Nanometrology Applications
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Fabrication of a Micro/Nanofluidic Platform Via Three-Axis Robotic Dispensing System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The purpose of this work is to introduce a new fabrication technique for creating a fluidic platform with embedded micro- or nanoscale channels. This new technique includes: (1) a three-axis robotic dispensing system for ... -
Direct Synthesis of Nanofibrous Nonwoven Carbon Components: Initial Observations, Capabilities, and Challenges
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Scalable Manufacturing of Metal Nanoparticles by Thermal Fiber Drawing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Thermal fiber drawing has emerged as a novel process for the continuous manufacturing of semiconductor and polymer nanoparticles. Yet a scalable production of metal nanoparticles by thermal drawing is not reported due to ... -
Polishing Characteristics of Transparent Polycrystalline Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Ceramics Using Magnetic Field-Assisted Finishing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Transparent polycrystalline yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) ceramics have garnered an increased level of interest for high-power laser applications due to their ability to be manufactured in large sizes and to be doped in ... -
Fabrication of Metal–Polymer Nanocomposites by In-Fiber Instability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Thermal fiber drawing process has emerged as a promising nanomanufacturing process to generate high-throughput, well aligned, and indefinitely long micro/nanostructures. However, scalable fabrication of metal–polymer ... -
Local Microstructure and Hardness Variation After Pulsed Laser Micromelting on S7 Tool Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Laser surface melting is being increasingly used as a method of surface polishing steels and other alloys, but understanding the effect of this process on the microstructure and properties is still incomplete. This work ... -
Mechanics Based Approach for Detection and Measurement of Particle Contamination in Proximity Nanofabrication Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In spite of the great progress made toward addressing the challenge of particle contamination in nanomanufacturing, its deleterious effect on yield is still not negligible. This is particularly true for nanofabrication ... -
A Multilayer Strategy for Improving the Abrasion Resistance of Silica Nanoparticle Based Motheye Antireflective Coatings on Glass
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Motheye antireflective coatings (ARCs) are based on periodic or stochastic features with dimensions below the wavelength of visible light which can be used to produce a gradient index of refraction between air and the ... -
Experimental Investigation of Comparative Process Capabilities of Metal and Ceramic Injection Molding for Precision Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The purpose of this paper is to make a comparative study on the process capabilities of the two branches of the powder injection molding (PIM) process—metal injection molding (MIM) and ceramic injection molding (CIM), ... -
Effect of Dielectric Electrical Conductivity on the Characteristics of Micro Electro Discharge Machining Plasma and Material Removal
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In micro electrodischarge machining (microEDM), it is believed that electrical conductivity of the dielectric modified by additives plays an important role in discharge initiation and electrical breakdown, thereby affecting ... -
Silver Nanoparticle Formation on Metal Substrate Under Concentration Limited Condition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Silver nanoparticles were electrodeposited from 0.3 M oxalic acid electrolyte on a pure aluminum working electrode under silver ion concentrationlimited condition. A silver wire was held in a glass tube containing 1.0 M ... -
Improving Surface Hydrophobicity by Microrolling Based Texturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A twopass microrollingbased texturing (خ¼RT) process was utilized to improve the hydrophobicity of aluminum surfaces. Square micropillars were fabricated on aluminum sheets by two mutually orthogonal forming passes by a ... -
Design, Simulation, and Injection Moulding of a Microreactor Baseplate
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A suitable tooling strategy is identified to enable mass production of a microreactor baseplate via injection moulding. A bottom grooved micromixer design suitable for micromilling of a tool insert is developed. To identify ... -
A Computational Model to Study Film Formation and Debris Flushing Phenomena in Spray Electric Discharge Machining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A computational model to investigate the flushing of electric discharge machining (EDM) debris from the interelectrode gap during the sprayEDM process is developed. SprayEDM differs from conventional EDM in that an atomized ...