Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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Numerical Study on the Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) printing is an alternative method to fabricate high-resolution micro- and nanostructures with high efficiency, low cost, and low pollution. Numerical simulation is an effective approach to ... -
Spectral Imaging and Computer Vision for High-Throughput Defect Detection and Root-Cause Analysis of Silicon Nanopillar Arrays
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Far-field spectral imaging, coupled with computer vision methods, is demonstrated as an effective inspection method for detection, classification, and root-cause analysis of manufacturing defects in large area Si nanopillar ... -
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation of Pneumatic Atomization, Aerosol Transport, and Deposition in Aerosol Jet Printing Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Aerosol jet printing (AJP) is a direct-write additive manufacturing technique, which has emerged as a high-resolution method for the fabrication of a broad spectrum of electronic devices. Despite the advantages and critical ... -
Fabrication of Six Degrees-of-Freedom Hexflex Positioner With Integrated Strain Sensing Using Nonlithographically Based Microfabrication
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A process flow is described for the low cost, flexible fabrication of metal micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) with high performance integrated sensing. The process is capable of producing new designs in ≈1 week at an ... -
A Systems Approach to Estimating the Uncertainty Limits of X-Ray Radiographic Metrology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Micro- and nanomanufacturing capabilities have rapidly expanded over the past decade to include complex three-dimensional (3D) structure fabrication; however, the metrology required to accurately assess these processes via ... -
Review on Recent Advances, Research Trends, and Gas Film in Electrochemical Discharge-Based Micromachining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM) is distinguished as a novel process that involves thermal heating and chemical dissolution for the micromachining of “difficult-to-machine” materials like ceramics and quartz. ... -
PEDOT:PSS Coating Improves Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)We report a surface treatment for an elastomeric dry adhesive that improves adhesion, especially on surfaces with microscopic roughness. The process involves coating wedge-shaped polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) features of the ... -
Characteristics of Diamond Abrasive Used in Magnetic Abrasive Finishing of Nickel-Based Superalloys
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Nickel-based superalloys have a wide range of high-temperature applications such as turbine blades. The complex geometries of these applications and the specific properties of the materials raise difficulties in the surface ... -
Tailoring Surface Hydrophobicity of Commercial Polyimide by Laser-Induced Nanocarbon Texturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The growth of laser-induced nanocarbons, referred to here as laser-induced nanocarbon (LINC) for short, directly on polymeric surfaces is a promising route toward surface engineering of commercial polymers. This paper aims ... -
Effects of Process Parameters on Graphene Growth Via Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Graphene has attracted enormous research interest due to its extraordinary material properties. Process control to achieve high-quality graphene is indispensable for graphene-based applications. This research investigates ... -
Multifunctional Three-Dimensional Curvilinear Self-Folding of Glassy Polymers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The selective light absorption of prestretched thermoplastic polymeric films enables wireless photothermal shape morphing from two-dimensional Euclidean geometry of films to three-dimensional (3D) curvilinear architectures. ... -
Shape Memory Alloy Bimorph Microactuators by Lift-Off Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This study aims to develop a new fabrication process to create high-precision patterned shape memory alloy (SMA) bimorph micro-actuators by the e-beam evaporation technique. To examine the effect of the annealing process ... -
Numerical Investigation of Effect of Operating Parameters on the Phase Transformation During Vibration-Assisted Nano-Impact Machining of Silicon by Loose Abrasives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Vibration-assisted nano-impact machining by loose abrasives (VANILA) is a newly developed process based on the atomic force microscope (AFM) platform, where the nanoabrasive (diamond particles) slurry is injected between ... -
Microstructure and Tensile Performance of Graphene-Reinforced Inconel 718 Alloy Via Selective Laser Melting and Post-Treatments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Graphene is an ideal reinforcement material for metal matrix composites (MMCs) owing to its high strength, high ductility, light weight, as well as good bonding with metal matrix. In this study, graphene nanoplatelets ... -
Creating Metal Molds for Directional Gecko-Inspired Adhesives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)We describe a process for creating durable metal molds for the fabrication of directional, gecko-inspired dry adhesives. The adhesives require microscopic inclined features with a challenging combination of tapered geometry, ... -
Material-Oriented Regularization Toward Solving Manufacturing Inverse Problem in Ion Beam Microprocessing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A material-oriented regularization (MOR) methodology is developed to solve manufacturing inverse problem of estimating the manufacture input process parameters for a required output performance, demonstrated by ion beam ... -
Inline LIPSS Monitoring Method Employing Light Diffraction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Laser-induced ripples that are also known as laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) have gained a considerable attention by researchers and industry due to their surface functionalization applications. However, ... -
Correlation of Three-Dimensional Roughness Parameters With the Crater Dimensions in μED-Milling of Cryogenic-Treated Tool and Workpiece
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Microfluidics is one of the rapidly growing markets in the present era of miniaturization. Microchannels have wide applications in various fields such as biomedical, mechanical, electrical, and chemical sciences. Machining ... -
Lotus-Leaf Inspired Surfaces: Hydrophobicity Evolution of Replicas Due to Mechanical Cleaning and Mold Wear
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Inspired from the low wetting properties of Lotus leaves, the fabrication of dual micro/nanoscale topographies is of interest to many applications. In this research, superhydrophobic surfaces are fabricated by a process ... -
Effect of Feedstock Properties on Extrusion of High Aspect Ratio Microbi-Lumen Tubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The micro-extrusion of feedstock is a promising and emerging technology for manufacturing very high length to thickness aspect ratio metallic microcomponents which are not feasible for conventional metal processing ...