Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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The Hermeticity of Compression Seals in Microchannel Hemodialyzers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Most end stage renal disease patients receive kidney hemodialysis three to four times per week at central medical facilities. Athome kidney dialysis increases the convenience and frequency of hemodialysis treatments which ... -
Control of Ablation Depth and Surface Structure in P3 Scribing of Thin Film Solar Cells by a Picosecond Laser
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In this paper, precise P3 scribing of thinfilm solar cells (AZO/CIGS/Mo/Glass) via a picosecond laser is investigated. A parametric study is carried out for P3 scribing to study the effects of laser fluence and overlap ... -
Laser Diagnostics of Plasma in Synthesis of Graphene Based Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Rotational temperature profiles of H2 in a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) reactor were measured via coherent antiStokes Raman scattering (CARS) spectroscopy. The temperature was found to increase with ... -
Multimaterial Capability of Laser Induced Plasma Micromachining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Presently surface microtexturing has found many promising applications in the fields of tribology, biomedical engineering, metal cutting, and other functional or topographical surfaces. Most of these applications are ... -
A Coupled Electromagnetic and Thermal Model for Picosecond and Nanometer Scale Plasmonic Lithography Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Plasmonic lithography may become a mainstream nanofabrication technique in the future. Experimental results show that feature size with 22 nm resolution can be achieved by plasmonic lithography. In the experiment, a ... -
High Production Rate Synthesis of CdS Nanoparticles Using a Reverse Oscillatory Flow Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)A reverse oscillatory flow (ROF) mixing system is discussed having a reaction channel 460 خ¼m high by 152 mm wide for high flow rate processing of nanoparticle (NP) chemistries. The ROF system is demonstrated to produce ... -
Special Issue on Non Traditional Manufacturing Processes Study at Micro and Nano Scales
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This special issue focuses on the established and emerging nontraditional manufacturing technologies with various energy sources (mechanical, thermal, optical, etc.) at microand nanoscales. It consists of several invited ... -
Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Thermocapillary Flow in Pulsed Laser Micropolishing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The objective of this paper is to define and derive a dimensionless number as a function of material properties and process parameters to quantify the extent (magnitude) of thermocapillary flow in pulsed laser micropolishing ... -
Comparative Assessment of the Laser Induced Plasma Micromachining and the Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Ablation Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The ultrashort pulsed laser ablation process is a wellestablished micromachining process and has been at the center of manufacturing research in the past decade. However, it has its own limitations, primarily due to the ... -
Application of Magnetic Polishing With Ball Nose Shaped Tool for Microchannel Shape
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In recent years, high quality and accuracy surface are needed for the microchannels such as to be used as micrototal analysis systems (microTAS) chips. On the other hand, we demonstrated that the use of smaller size machine ... -
Quantifying Dispersion of Nanoparticles in Polymer Nanocomposites Through Transmission Electron Microscopy Micrographs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The property of nanocomposites is crucially affected by nanoparticle dispersion. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is the “golden standard†in nanoparticle dispersion characterization. A TEM Micrograph is a ... -
Filament Based Fabrication and Performance Analysis of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Using Ultrashort Pulse Laser
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The method of ultrashort pulse filamentation induced refractive index modification is employed to inscribe fiber Bragg grating (FBG) in singlemode optical fiber (SMF). Linebyline index inscription technique is used to write ... -
ArF Excimer Laser Micromachining of MEMS Materials: Characterization and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Excimer laser ablation is a versatile technique that can be used for a variety of different materials. Excimer laser ablation overcomes limitations of conventional twodimensional (2D) microfabrication techniques and ... -
A Fundamental Study and Modeling of the Micro Droplet Formation Process in Near Field Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Nearfield electrohydrodynamic jet (Ejet) printing has recently gained significant interest within the manufacturing research community because of its ability to produce micro/submicronscale droplets using a wide variety ... -
Fast Dispersive Laser Scanner by Using Digital Micro Mirror Arrays
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)We demonstrate a fast dispersive laser scanning system by using MEMS digital micromirror arrays technology. The proposed technique utilizes realtime dispersive imaging system, which captures spectrally encoded images with ... -
Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of Eccentric Atomization Spray Cooling Nozzle Designs for Micromachining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)A recent development in cooling and lubrication technology for micromachining processes is the use of atomized spray cooling systems. These systems have been shown to be more effective than traditional methods of cooling ... -
Stochastic Characteristics in Microgrinding Wheel Static Topography
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Superabrasive grind wheels are used for the machining of brittle materials such as tungsten carbide. Stochastic modeling of the wheel topography can allow for statistical bounding of the grind force characteristics allowing ... -
Roll Molding of Microchannel Arrays on Al and Cu Sheet Metals: A Method for High Throughput Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The method of roll molding is proposed as an alternative to compression molding for lowcost, highthroughput manufacturing of metalbased microchannel structures. Elemental aluminumand copperbased microchannel arrays with ... -
Experimental Investigation of Tensile Properties of SS316L and Fabrication of Micro/Mesochannel Features by Electrical Assisted Embossing Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)During the electricalassisted forming process, a significant decrease in the flow stress of the metal is beneficial to reduce the required force for the deformation with highdensity electrical current introduced through ... -
Effect of Micro Injection Molding Processing Conditions on the Replication and Consistency of a Dense Network of High Aspect Ratio Microstructures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)When molding macroscale polymer parts with a high density of microfeatures (>1 أ— 106/cm2), a concern that presents itself is the ability to achieve uniform replication across the entire domain. In the given study, ...