Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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Polishing Characteristics of Transparent Polycrystalline Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Ceramics Using Magnetic Field-Assisted Finishing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Transparent polycrystalline yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) ceramics have garnered an increased level of interest for high-power laser applications due to their ability to be manufactured in large sizes and to be doped in ... -
Fabrication of Metal–Polymer Nanocomposites by In-Fiber Instability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Thermal fiber drawing process has emerged as a promising nanomanufacturing process to generate high-throughput, well aligned, and indefinitely long micro/nanostructures. However, scalable fabrication of metal–polymer ... -
Local Microstructure and Hardness Variation After Pulsed Laser Micromelting on S7 Tool Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Laser surface melting is being increasingly used as a method of surface polishing steels and other alloys, but understanding the effect of this process on the microstructure and properties is still incomplete. This work ... -
Mechanics Based Approach for Detection and Measurement of Particle Contamination in Proximity Nanofabrication Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In spite of the great progress made toward addressing the challenge of particle contamination in nanomanufacturing, its deleterious effect on yield is still not negligible. This is particularly true for nanofabrication ... -
A Multilayer Strategy for Improving the Abrasion Resistance of Silica Nanoparticle Based Motheye Antireflective Coatings on Glass
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Motheye antireflective coatings (ARCs) are based on periodic or stochastic features with dimensions below the wavelength of visible light which can be used to produce a gradient index of refraction between air and the ... -
Experimental Investigation of Comparative Process Capabilities of Metal and Ceramic Injection Molding for Precision Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The purpose of this paper is to make a comparative study on the process capabilities of the two branches of the powder injection molding (PIM) process—metal injection molding (MIM) and ceramic injection molding (CIM), ... -
Effect of Dielectric Electrical Conductivity on the Characteristics of Micro Electro Discharge Machining Plasma and Material Removal
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In micro electrodischarge machining (microEDM), it is believed that electrical conductivity of the dielectric modified by additives plays an important role in discharge initiation and electrical breakdown, thereby affecting ... -
Silver Nanoparticle Formation on Metal Substrate Under Concentration Limited Condition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Silver nanoparticles were electrodeposited from 0.3 M oxalic acid electrolyte on a pure aluminum working electrode under silver ion concentrationlimited condition. A silver wire was held in a glass tube containing 1.0 M ... -
Improving Surface Hydrophobicity by Microrolling Based Texturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A twopass microrollingbased texturing (خ¼RT) process was utilized to improve the hydrophobicity of aluminum surfaces. Square micropillars were fabricated on aluminum sheets by two mutually orthogonal forming passes by a ... -
Design, Simulation, and Injection Moulding of a Microreactor Baseplate
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A suitable tooling strategy is identified to enable mass production of a microreactor baseplate via injection moulding. A bottom grooved micromixer design suitable for micromilling of a tool insert is developed. To identify ... -
A Computational Model to Study Film Formation and Debris Flushing Phenomena in Spray Electric Discharge Machining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A computational model to investigate the flushing of electric discharge machining (EDM) debris from the interelectrode gap during the sprayEDM process is developed. SprayEDM differs from conventional EDM in that an atomized ... -
Novel Manufacturing Route for Scale Up Production of Terahertz Technology Devices
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The advances in the Terahertz (THz) technology drive the needs for the design and manufacture of waveguide devices that integrate complex threedimensional (3D) miniaturized components with mesoand microscale functional ... -
Manipulation of Water Jet Trajectory by a Nonuniform Electric Field in Water Jet Material Processing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In spite of its applications in macromanufacturing processes, water jet processing has not been extensively applied to the field of micromanufacturing owing to its poor tolerance and lack of effective control of the jet ... -
Micro Flat End Milling Simulation Model With Instantaneous Plowing Area Prediction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)There is an increasing demand for product miniaturization and parts with features as low as few microns. Micromilling is one of the promising methods to fabricate miniature parts in a wide range of sectors including ... -
Vacuum Venting Enhances the Replication of Nano/Microfeatures in Micro Injection Molding Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Vacuum venting is a method proposed to improve feature replication in microparts that are fabricated using microinjection molding (MIM). A qualitative and quantitative study has been carried out to investigate the effect ... -
Design and Fabrication of a Polymeric Microfilter for Medical Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This paper reports on design, fabrication, and characterization of a microfilter to be used in biomedical applications. The microfilter, with mesh of 80 خ¼m, is fabricated by microinjection molding process in polymeric ... -
Gate Design in Injection Molding of Microfluidic Components Using Process Simulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Just as in conventional injection molding of plastics, process simulations are an effective and interesting tool in the area of microinjection molding. They can be applied in order to optimize and assist the design of the ... -
A New Process Combining Micro Electro Discharge Machining Milling and Sinking for Fast Fabrication of Microchannels With Draft Angle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A comparison of the machining performance of microelectrodischarge machining (EDM) milling and sinking is proposed considering the fabrication of microchannels with controlled sloped walls realized in a hardened steel ... -
Electromagnetic Embossing of Optical Microstructures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Electromagnetic forming (EMF) is a highspeed forming process that is already established in the macroworld. Due to its advantages like high deformation rate and cheaper tools, it is introduced to microforming. In this ... -
The Effect of the Electrical Discharge Machining Process on the Material Properties of Nonconductive Ceramics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is widely used to manufacture complex shaped dies, molds and critical parts in conductive materials. With the help of an assisting electrode (AE), EDM process can be used to machine ...