Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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A Roadmap to Fabricate Geometrically Accurate ThreeDimensional Scaffolds COPrinted by Natural and Synthetic Polymers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Threedimensional bioprinting is a promising field in regenerating patientspecific tissues and organs due to its inherent capability of releasing biocompatible materials encapsulating living cells in a predefined location. ... -
Physical Modification of Hybrid Hydrogels to Fabricate FullScale Construct Using ThreeDimensional BioPrinting Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Bioprinting for regenerative medicine has been gaining a lot of popularity in today's world. Despite being one of the rigorously studied fields, there are still several challenges yet to be solved. Geometric fidelity and ... -
VibrationAssisted Axial Nozzle Jet Flow Wire Electrochemical Machining for Micromachining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Wire electrochemical machining (WECM) has the capability to produce metal microcomponents with high aspect ratios. However, because interelectrode gap mass transportation of electrolyte is not homogeneous due to inappropriate ... -
An Investigation of Integrated Multiscale ThreeDimensional Printing for Hierarchical Structures Fabrication
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Nature provides us with a large number of functional material systems consisting of hierarchical structures, where significant variations in dimensions are present. Such hierarchical structures are difficult to build by ... -
Monitoring ShearingPlowing Transitions in MicroMilling Using Fluctuations in Cutting Forces
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In micromilling, understanding transitions between the desired shearingdominant to the undesired plowingdominant cutting mechanism could help obtain high quality microfeatures. This work investigates the transitions in ... -
Tool Wear Behavior in μTurning of Nimonic 90 Under Vegetable OilBased Cutting Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The characteristics such as high hardness and shear modulus, low thermal conductivity, strain hardening of Nickelbased superalloys lead to high machining forces and temperature, poor surface quality and integrity, rapid ... -
Ablation Threshold and Interaction of Cemented Carbide Ablated by Ultrafast Laser
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this study, we used an ultrafast laser with a wavelength of 1026 nm with the aim of analyzing the ablation threshold and morphologies of the irradiated surfaces of cemented carbide by varying the pulse duration and ... -
Pulsed Power Supply Superposed With Radio Frequency Oscillating Wave for the Improvement of Micro-Electrical Discharge Machining Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)During the micro-electrical discharge machining (micro-EDM) process, the dielectric property of narrow interelectrode gap is transiently changing. With the hysteretic servomotion of spindle, the effective discharge ratio ... -
Thermal Properties of Graphite Nanoplatelet-Epoxy Composites Formed Through High Shear Exfoliation of Expanded Graphite
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Graphite nanoplatelets (GNP) have recently become a commercially available alternative to graphene that has been widely studied as an additive to improve polymer properties. In particular, their use in improving the thermal ... -
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Heat Distribution and Residual Stress Variation on Stacked Thin Sheets of CRNO Electrical Steel Post Tungsten Inert Gas and Cold Metal Transfer Welding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The paper presents a numerical and experimental investigation on the stacking of thin, cold rolled nongrain-oriented (CRNO) electrical steel sheets post-tungsten inert gas (TIG) and cold metal transfer (CMT) welding for ... -
The Irradiance-Based Growth of Surface Structures Induced by Nanosecond Laser Pulses on Si and Ge and Their Correlation With Plasma Ion Kinetic Energies and Densities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The laser irradiance-based surface structural growth on Si and Ge has been correlated first time with plasma parameters. The better control over plasma parameters makes manufacturing of various sized and shaped surface ... -
Electric-Field-Assisted Contact Mode Atomic Force Microscope-Based Nanolithography With Low Stiffness Conductive Probes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Electric-field-assisted atomic force microscope (E-AFM) nanolithography is a novel polymer-patterning technique that has diverse applications. E-AFM uses a biased atomic force microscope (AFM) tip with conductive coatings ... -
Anodic Dissolution Behavior of Passive Layer During Hybrid Electrochemical Micromachining of Ti6Al4V in NaNO3 Solution
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Titanium and its alloys are considered as difficult to cut material classes, and their processing through the traditional machining methods is a painful task. These materials have an outstanding combination of properties ... -
Personal Observations of the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Micromanufacturing Research and Education in the United States
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Humanity has periodically faced cataclysmic events such as wars, famines, and plagues. These catastrophes caused untold suffering and loss of life. Despite the widespread optimism of modern times that advances in various ... -
Laser Surface Texturing For Antiviral Surfaces?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, especially, the transmission of the virus via infected contact surfaces, has put increased emphasis on the need to fabricate antimicrobial surfaces to protect against various deadly ... -
Project-Based Teaching of a Manufacturing Class During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The plastics engineering program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell has taught mold design and engineering to undergraduate students for over 60 years. In 2020, the unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in ... -
Design and Experimental Validation of a Process Chain for Thin Components Manufacturing by Micro Injection Molding Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Micro-applications, especially in biomedical and optical sectors, require the fabrication of thin polymeric parts which can be commonly realized by micro-injection molding process. However, this process is characterized ... -
Producing Hollow Polymer Microneedles Using Laser Ablated Molds in an Injection Molding Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Microneedle arrays contain needlelike microscopic structures, which facilitate drug or vaccine delivery in a minimally invasive way. However, producing hollow microneedles is currently limited by expensive, time consuming ... -
Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Gas Sensor Using Stepwise Dielectrophoretic Deposition Onto Interdigitated Pyrolyzed Carbon Electrodes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been implemented in the creation of many micro- and nanodevices due to their physical properties such as large volume-to-surface area as well as their high thermal and electrical conductivity. ... -
Special Issue on Remote Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing Science, Engineering, and Education
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)We are living through challenging times. A global pandemic has forced us to adapt to new ways of living, working, relating, teaching, and conducting research. Our micro-manufacturing community is presented with unique ...