Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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Structure of Electrospray Printed Deposits for Short Spray Times
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In electrospray printing, a plume of highly charged droplets is created from a conductive ink. Printing occurs by positioning a target substrate (TS) in the path of the emitted material. Here, the ink used is a colloidal ... -
Two-Side Laser Processing Method for Producing High Aspect Ratio Microholes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Laser microprocessing is a very attractive option for a growing number of industrial applications due to its intrinsic characteristics, such as high flexibility and process control and also capabilities for noncontact ... -
Tissue Cutting With Microserrated Biopsy Punches
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper investigates the application of bioinspired serrated cutting edges in tissue cutting by biopsy punches (BPs) to reduce the insertion force. BPs are frequently used as a diagnostic tool in many minimally invasive ... -
Benchmark of Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis on Measuring Nanoparticle Sizing and Concentration
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)One of the greatest challenges in the manufacturing and development of nanotechnologies is the requirement for robust, reliable, and accurate characterization data. Presented here are the results of an interlaboratory ... -
An In-Process Intervention to Mitigate the Effect of Built-Up Edges in Micromilling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper is focused on developing an in-process intervention technique that mitigates the effect of built-up edges (BUEs) during micromilling of aluminum. The technique relies on the intermittent removal of the BUEs ... -
Development and Evaluation of Flame-Assisted Dual Velocity Nanoparticle Coating System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The importance of coatings in modern science and industry is great, and the system presented in this manuscript attempts to provide a method of creating high quality nanoparticle coatings with in situ sintering of ... -
Effect of Proximity of Features on the Damage Threshold During Submicron Additive Manufacturing Via Two-Photon Polymerization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Two-photon polymerization (TPP) is a laser writing process that enables fabrication of millimeter scale three-dimensional (3D) structures with submicron features. In TPP, writing is achieved via nonlinear two-photon ... -
A Prediction Model for Ablation Fluence Threshold in Femtosecond Laser Processing of Fused Silica
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The manufacture of micro–nano structures in transparent dielectrics is becoming increasingly important due to the applications in medical and biological sciences. The femtosecond pulsed laser, with its selectivity, high ... -
Interface Characterization of Al–Cu Microlaminates Fabricated By Electrically Assisted Roll Bonding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Interface characteristics of Al/Cu microlaminates fabricated by an electrically assisted roll bonding (EARB) process were studied to understand the underlying physical/chemical phenomena that lead to bond strength enhancement ... -
The Effect of Water Droplet Size, Temperature, and Impingement Velocity on Gold Wettability at the Nanoscale
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to investigate the wettability of gold substrate interacting with nanosized droplets of water. The effects of droplet size, temperature variation, and impingement velocity ... -
On the Development of a Chip Breaker in a Metal-Matrix Polycrystalline Diamond Insert: Finite Element Based Design With ns-Laser Ablation and Machining Verification
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)This paper reports the development of an original design of chip breaker in a metal-matrix polycrystalline diamond (MMPCD) insert brazed into a milling tool. The research entailed finite element (FE) design, laser simulation, ... -
Achieving Ultra-Omniphilic Wettability on Copper Using a Facile, Scalable, Tuned Bulk Micromanufacturing Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Altering the wetting characteristics of copper will positively impact numerous practical applications. The contact angle (CA) of a water droplet on the polished copper surface is usually between 70 deg and 80 deg. This ... -
Development of Highly Efficient Combined Polishing Method for Single-Crystal Silicon Carbide
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The aim of this research is to develop a combined polishing technology for single-crystal silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, which is known to be difficult to process due to its high hardness. This paper proposes a combined ... -
Study on Microgratings Using Imaging, Spectroscopic, and Fourier Lens Scatterometry
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)With new fabrication methods for mass production of nanotextured samples, there is an increasing demand for new characterization methods. Conventional microscopes are either too slow and/or too sensitive to vibrations. ... -
Self-Assembled Axisymmetric Microscale Periodic Wrinkles on Elastomer Fibers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this work, we demonstrate a novel scalable microscale manufacturing technique that uses structural self-assembly to create controlled ring-shaped periodic perturbations in the form of wrinkles on a polymer fiber concentric ... -
Laser Nanopatterning for Wettability Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)We report on periodic, homogeneous nanoripples fabricated on stainless steel (SS), copper (Cu), and aluminum (Al) substrates using an ytterbium pulsed femtosecond laser. These structures called laser induced periodic surface ... -
Microtexturing Into AISI-SUS420 Molds for Injection Molding Via Plasma Nitriding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The initial microdot and microline patterns were first ink-jet printed onto the surface of polished AISI420 stainless steel mold. This masked mold substrate was nitrided at 693 K for 7.2 ks at 70 Pa by using the high-density ... -
An Exploratory Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of the Nanostructured Porous Materials Deposited by Laser-Induced Chemical Solution Synthesis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Laser-induced chemical solution synthesis has been recently developed as a new generic method to create porous nanostructured materials for complex and miniaturized devices. The material made by this approach is successfully ... -
Material Dependence of the Contact Behavior of Oscillating Microprobes—Modeling and Experimental Evidence
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Oscillating microprobes avoid high stress and the sticking effect during contact between microprobe and measured surface. The full performance and application scope of oscillating microprobes can be explored and utilized ... -
A Novel Hybrid Heating Method for Mechanical Testing of Miniature Specimens at Elevated Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)A novel hybrid heating method which combines the conventional electric-resistance specimen heating with microcoil heating of specimen ends to achieve uniform heating over the gauge length is presented. Resistive heating ...