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Micromachines, Volume 15, Issue 9

September 2024 - 117 articles

Cover Story: Inertial focusing-based Lab-on-Chip systems offer a promising solution for efficient cell sorting thus meeting the World Health Organization's ASSURED criteria (Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and robust, Equipment-free, and Deliverable to end-users). This review explores how inertial focusing in spiral microchannels supports cell sorting, examining the effects of different cross-sectional geometries—rectangular, trapezoidal, triangular, and hybrid—on particle focusing and sorting efficiency. By balancing the primary and secondary flow forces, spiral channels enable high-throughput and efficient filtration across varying particle sizes. Additionally, this work addresses various materials and prototyping techniques, providing insights to guide the design and selection of spiral geometries and materials based on application-specific particles. View this paper
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Articles (117)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,816 Views
12 Pages

Scan-Rate-Dependent Ion Current Rectification in Bipolar Interfacial Nanopores

  • Xiaoling Zhang,
  • Yunjiao Wang,
  • Jiahui Zheng,
  • Chen Yang and
  • Deqiang Wang

23 September 2024

This study presents a theoretical investigation into the voltammetric behavior of bipolar interfacial nanopores due to the effect of potential scan rate (1–1000 V/s). Finite element method (FEM) is utilized to explore the current–voltage...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,718 Views
13 Pages

22 September 2024

Micro-nano-scale mechanical properties are vital for engineering and biological materials. The elastic modulus is generally measured by processing the force–indentation curves obtained by atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, the measurement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,815 Views
10 Pages

22 September 2024

A single-domain nanomagnet, shaped like a thin elliptical disk with small eccentricity, has a double-well potential profile with two degenerate energy minima separated by a small barrier of a few kT (k = Boltzmann constant and T = absolute temperatur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,958 Views
14 Pages

A Micromachined Silicon-on-Glass Accelerometer with an Optimized Comb Finger Gap Arrangement

  • Jiacheng Li,
  • Rui Feng,
  • Xiaoyi Wang,
  • Huiliang Cao,
  • Keru Gong and
  • Huikai Xie

22 September 2024

This paper reports the design, fabrication, and characterization of a MEMS capacitive accelerometer with an asymmetrical comb finger arrangement. By optimizing the ratio of the gaps of a rotor finger to its two adjacent stator fingers, the sensitivit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,812 Views
15 Pages

22 September 2024

The substitutional doping of nitrogen is an efficient way to modulate the electronic properties of graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Therefore, it could enhance their physical and chemical properties as well as offer potential applications. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,242 Views
9 Pages

Enhanced Hybrid Nanogenerator Based on PVDF-HFP and PAN/BTO Coaxially Structured Electrospun Nanofiber

  • Jin-Uk Yoo,
  • Dong-Hyun Kim,
  • Eun-Su Jung,
  • Tae-Min Choi,
  • Hwa-Rim Lee and
  • Sung-Gyu Pyo

21 September 2024

Nanogenerators have garnered significant interest as environmentally friendly and potential energy-harvesting systems. Nanogenerators can be broadly classified into piezo-, tribo-, and hybrid nanogenerators. The hybrid nanogenerator used in this expe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,182 Views
40 Pages

21 September 2024

Piezoelectric ultrasonic motors (USMs) are actuators that use ultrasonic frequency piezoelectric vibration-generated waves to transform electrical energy into rotary or translating motion. USMs receive more attention because they offer distinct quali...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,025 Views
14 Pages

Waveguide-Enhanced Nanoplasmonic Biosensor for Ultrasensitive and Rapid DNA Detection

  • Devesh Barshilia,
  • Akhil Chandrakanth Komaram,
  • Lai-Kwan Chau and
  • Guo-En Chang

21 September 2024

DNA is fundamental for storing and transmitting genetic information. Analyzing DNA or RNA base sequences enables the identification of genetic disorders, monitoring gene expression, and detecting pathogens. Traditional detection techniques like polym...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,867 Views
16 Pages

21 September 2024

The inertial measurement method of pipelines utilizes a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Inertial Measurement Unit (MIMU) to get the three-dimensional trajectory of underground pipelines. The initial attitude is significant for the inertial measureme...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,651 Views
20 Pages

21 September 2024

This study developed a new metallography–property relationship neural network (MPR-Net) to predict the relationship between the microstructure and mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel built by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The accura...

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