Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Compression Molding and Nickel Molds for Directional Gecko-Inspired Adhesives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In the fabrication of directional gecko-inspired adhesives, a new capability made possible by the availability of metal molds is hot compression molding. This molding process allows the use of elastomers with much higher ... -
Comparison of Flowability and Sinterability Among Different Binder Jetting Feedstock Powders: Nanopowder, Micropowder, and Granulated Powder
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Feedstock powders used in binder jetting additive manufacturing include nanopowder, micropowder, and granulated powder. Two important characteristics of the feedstock powders are flowability and sinterability. This paper ... -
A Comparison of Characteristics of Periodic Surface Micro/Nano Structures Generated Via Single Laser Beam Direct Writing and Particle Lens Array Parallel Beam Processing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Changing material surface micro/nanostructures using laser beam texturing is a valuable approach in wide applications such as control of cell/bacterial adhesion and proliferation, solar cells and optical metamaterials. ... -
Effects of Solution Viscosity on Poly(l-Lactic Acid) Porous Microtubes Fabricated by Core–Sheath Electrospinning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Core–sheath electrospinning is a rapid microfabrication process for creating multilayer polymer microfibers. This paper presents a process based on core–sheath electrospinning to fabricate poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) ... -
Kinematic Design of Functional Nanoscale Mechanisms From Molecular Primitives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Natural nanomechanisms such as capillaries, neurotransmitters, and ion channels play a vital role in the living systems. But the design principles developed by nature through evolution are not well understood and, hence, ... -
Cutting to the Point: Directly Machined Metal Molds for Directional Gecko-Inspired Adhesives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Fabrication techniques for gecko-inspired adhesives generally target mold durability, adhesive performance, and process efficiency and simplicity. With these goals in mind, we present a micromachining process for creating ... -
Dip Coating From Density Mismatching Mixture
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Solid transfer technology from mixtures is gaining ever-increasing attention from materials scientists and production engineers due to their high potential in near-net-shaped production of cost-effective engineering ... -
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Micro-Structured Diamond Tool in Silicon Carbide Cutting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Silicon carbide (SiC) is an important material in many industrial applications. However, due to the hardness and brittleness nature, achieving ultraprecision machining of SiC is still challenging. In recent years, function ... -
An Extensive Review of Nanotubes-Based Mass Sensors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Sensors have tremendous demand in industry because of their properties like sensitiveness, responsiveness, stability, selectiveness, and cost-effectiveness. Therefore, it is a dire need to develop advanced sensing materials ... -
Effects of Antimony Deposition on Field-Emission Current Density of Ge/Si
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)To estimate the field-emission current density of a Ge/Si heterosystem, 20-nm germanium/silicon (100) samples were grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The surface of one sample was covered with a layer of antimony, which was ... -
Reducing Variability in Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes Based on Gas Purification and Sample Support Redesign
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs), also referred to as CNT forest, by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is an intricate process that is sensitive to multiple factors other than control of temperature, ...