Journal of Micro and Nano: Recent submissions
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Tool Wear in Vibration Assisted Nano Impact Machining by Loose Abrasives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Vibration assisted nanoimpactmachining by loose abrasives (VANILA) is a novel target specific nanoabrasive machining process wherein, nanoabrasives, injected in slurry between the workpiece and the vibrating atomic force ... -
Slump Molding of Microchannel Arrays in Soda Lime Glass for Bioanalytical Device Development
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)A slump molding process was developed to place microchannel geometries in a sodalime glass substrate for a labonchip bioanalytical device. The process was developed to overcome the biological and chemical reactivity ... -
Fabrication of Polymer Derived Silicon Oxycarbide Microparts and Their Mechanical Characteristics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In this paper, fabrication and mechanical characterization of silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) microparts made from polycarbosilane (PCS) precursor is described. The developed fabrication technique is a combination of ultraviolet ... -
Tool Wear in Micro Endmilling: Material Microstructure Effects, Modeling, and Experimental Validation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This paper reports an investigation of material microstructure effects on tool wear in microscale machining of multiphase materials. A new generic approach is proposed to estimate the tool wear that utilizes empirical data ... -
Evaluation of Cutting Forces During Single Pass Microtrenching of Poly (Methyl Methacrylate)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Research was conducted to evaluate a microtrenching process to create microchannels on the surface of poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) for applications in tissue engineering. Experiments with a trenching tool included an ... -
Surface Finish of Ball End Milled Microchannels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This study develops a hybrid micromanufacturing technique to fabricate extremely smooth surface finish, high aspect ratio, and complex microchannel patterns. Milling with coat and uncoated ballend micromills in minimum ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of ZrO2 Coatings on Micro End Mills With Sol–Gel Processing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The objective of this paper is to develop a coating method for placing ultrathin zirconia films, fabricated using sol–gel methods, onto micro end mills. Sol–gel synthesis is investigated because of its potential as a ... -
New Micro Tube Hydroforming System Based on Floating Die Assembly Concept
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The advancement of micro tube hydroforming (THF) technology has been hindered by, among others, the lack of robust microdie systems that could facilitate hydroforming of complex parts that require both expansion and feeding. ... -
Comparison of Microscale Rapid Prototyping Techniques
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Recent advances in manufacturing techniques have opened up new interest in rapid prototyping at the microscale. Traditionally microscale devices are fabricated using photolithography, however this process can be time ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Photonic Crystals in Photopolymer SZ2080 by Two Photon Polymerization Using a Femtosecond Laser
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Twophoton polymerization (2PP) is a powerful technique in fabricating threedimensional subdiffractionlimited structures. In this paper, 2PP was applied to generate woodpile structures, one kind of photonic crystal, using ... -
Tool/Chip Interfacial Friction Analysis in Atomistic Machining of Polycrystalline Coppers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Threedimensional (3D) molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is performed to study the tool/chip interface friction phenomenon in machining of polycrystalline copper at atomistic scale. Three polycrystalline copper structures ... -
The Hermeticity of Compression Seals in Microchannel Hemodialyzers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Most end stage renal disease patients receive kidney hemodialysis three to four times per week at central medical facilities. Athome kidney dialysis increases the convenience and frequency of hemodialysis treatments which ... -
Control of Ablation Depth and Surface Structure in P3 Scribing of Thin Film Solar Cells by a Picosecond Laser
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In this paper, precise P3 scribing of thinfilm solar cells (AZO/CIGS/Mo/Glass) via a picosecond laser is investigated. A parametric study is carried out for P3 scribing to study the effects of laser fluence and overlap ... -
Laser Diagnostics of Plasma in Synthesis of Graphene Based Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Rotational temperature profiles of H2 in a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) reactor were measured via coherent antiStokes Raman scattering (CARS) spectroscopy. The temperature was found to increase with ... -
Multimaterial Capability of Laser Induced Plasma Micromachining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Presently surface microtexturing has found many promising applications in the fields of tribology, biomedical engineering, metal cutting, and other functional or topographical surfaces. Most of these applications are ... -
A Coupled Electromagnetic and Thermal Model for Picosecond and Nanometer Scale Plasmonic Lithography Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Plasmonic lithography may become a mainstream nanofabrication technique in the future. Experimental results show that feature size with 22 nm resolution can be achieved by plasmonic lithography. In the experiment, a ... -
High Production Rate Synthesis of CdS Nanoparticles Using a Reverse Oscillatory Flow Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)A reverse oscillatory flow (ROF) mixing system is discussed having a reaction channel 460 خ¼m high by 152 mm wide for high flow rate processing of nanoparticle (NP) chemistries. The ROF system is demonstrated to produce ... -
Special Issue on Non Traditional Manufacturing Processes Study at Micro and Nano Scales
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This special issue focuses on the established and emerging nontraditional manufacturing technologies with various energy sources (mechanical, thermal, optical, etc.) at microand nanoscales. It consists of several invited ... -
Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Thermocapillary Flow in Pulsed Laser Micropolishing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The objective of this paper is to define and derive a dimensionless number as a function of material properties and process parameters to quantify the extent (magnitude) of thermocapillary flow in pulsed laser micropolishing ... -
Comparative Assessment of the Laser Induced Plasma Micromachining and the Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Ablation Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The ultrashort pulsed laser ablation process is a wellestablished micromachining process and has been at the center of manufacturing research in the past decade. However, it has its own limitations, primarily due to the ...