Micromachines, Volume 16, Issue 10

The optimization of the micro-motion rotary mechanism aims to obtain the maximum rotation angle in a certain space and increase the compensation range of the micro-motion mechanism. Aiming to address the disadvantages of a small movement stroke, low...

Breast tissue-mimicking phantoms are essential tools for validating microwave imaging systems designed for early breast cancer detection. In this work, we report the fabrication and comprehensive characterization of oil-in-gelatin phantoms emulating...

Precision dicing with diamond wheels is a key technology in semiconductor dicing, integrated circuit manufacturing, aerospace, and other fields, owing to its high precision, high efficiency, and broad material applicability. As a critical processing...

RF Energy Harvesting (RFEH) circuits have been extensively researched in recent years. Researchers have proposed dozens of RFEH models with various architectures and topologies. Due to the small amount of energy available to be harvested, RFEH circui...

Large-scale applications of multi-material manufacturing technology face many challenges. One major issue is how to reuse the mixed powder left after printing. In this study, we propose using an effective structure design to compensate for the perfor...

This study provides a comprehensive review of ultrasonic welding research in molecular dynamics simulations, encompassing the latest advancements by scholars worldwide. Compared to traditional welding methods, ultrasonic welding offers advantages suc...

We theoretically analyze the spatial Goos-Hänchen (GH) shifts in symmetric Graphene-Integrated Bragg Gratings (GIBGs), where monolayer graphene arrays act as tunable input/output couplers, and a periodically inserted dielectric layer forms a res...

A high-gain microstrip antenna array is proposed. The dual-frequency and dual-polarization characteristics of the array allow a satellite communication system to transmit and receive signals with a single antenna. To avoid high losses in microstrip f...

The rapid evolution of healthcare technology is being driven by advancements in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), BioMEMS (Biological MEMS), and the expanding concept of the Internet of Bodies (IoB). This review explores the convergence of the...

During the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) molding process, temperature changes are nonlinear and instantaneous, which is a key parameter affecting FDM printing efficiency, molding accuracy, warpage deformation, and other factors. This study presents...

Mechanical properties are critical for characterizing and fabricating advanced materials. While current characterization methods are well-established for the nanoscale and larger millimeter-scale, a significant gap exists in automated testing at the...

Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films have attracted increasing attention as promising materials for sensing applications due to their wide band gap, high exciton binding energy, and remarkable chemical stability. However, the inherent limitations of pure ZnO,...

This paper addresses the suppression of multi-frequency line spectrum vibrations during the operation of indoor substations through the development of an active vibration isolation scheme based on a piezoelectric stack inertial actuator. Based on the...

Many viruses, bacteria, and pollen that cause diseases such as COVID-19 are inhaled by humans as aerosols. Therefore, wearing a mask to block pathogen-containing aerosols is crucial for disease prevention. However, current masks have a drawback&mdash...

High-precision implantable multi-channel neural recording systems are considered as having a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. However, it is a significant design challenge to achieve an optimal trade-off among li...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has become increasingly favored by both patients and surgeons owing to its advantages such as shortened recovery times and reduced surgical trauma. To enhance intraoperative feedback from surgical instruments while mi...

Traditional mechanical processing techniques are confronted with significant challenges when machining advanced materials possessing excellent mechanical properties. Electrochemical machining (ECM), as a material removal technology based on the princ...

In this study, the effects of switching on the two-dimensional electron gas (2-DEG) channel in an E-mode GaN-on-Si HEMT are investigated using a GS-065-004-1-L device that is commercially available for educational practice. A practical prototype with...

Phased array technology can be realized with directional control with fixed beam steering. However, its directionally dependent beam pattern limits the efficiency of suppressing undesirable distance interference. This paper presents a guided wave fre...

External insulation of coastal power grids faces harsh conditions and is highly susceptible to flashover. Currently, technologies for online monitoring and flashover early warning are severely lacking. As a reflective passive sensing device, Fiber Br...

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have emerged as efficient mechanical-energy harvesters with advantages—simple architectures, broad material compatibility, low cost, and strong environmental tolerance—positioning them as key enablers...

Indexable face milling tools are often used to machine workpieces with large axial and radial depth of cuts, and thus, the inserts quickly wear out in machining. A kernel technique of smart machining is tool wear compensation, which is to regularly a...

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is a key biomarker of liver function. Compared with conventional assays for ALT detection—which are expensive, time-consuming, labor-intensive, and require experienced personnel—biosensors represent a promis...

Machining hard metals presents various challenges, especially with materials like WC-Co, known for their exceptional hardness and wear resistance, making them ideal for cutting tools. Among machining methods, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) stan...

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography faces critical challenges in aberration control and patterning fidelity as technology nodes shrink below 3 nm. This work demonstrates how Source–Mask Optimization (SMO) simultaneously addresses both illumin...

Sapphire crystals, owing to their outstanding mechanical and optical properties, which are widely used in advanced optics, microelectronic devices, and medical instruments. The manufacturing precision of sapphire optical components critically affects...

Residual-free eutectic Au80Sn20 soldering is still the dominant assembly technology for optoelectronic devices such as high-power lasers, LEDs, and photodiodes. Due to the high cost of gold, alternatives are desirable. This paper investigates the the...

4H-SiC wafers usually require polishing treatment after slicing to improve the surface quality. However, traditional polishing processes have problems such as low removal efficiency and easy surface damage, which affect the reliability of electronic...

With the continuous scaling-down of integrated circuit feature sizes, inverse lithography technology (ILT), as the most groundbreaking resolution enhancement technique (RET), has become crucial in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. By directly opt...

It was found that the temperature control of the electroplating station in the previously published paper [...]

In the face of increasingly severe global environmental challenges, the development of low-cost, high-precision, and easily integrable environmental monitoring sensors is of paramount importance. Existing optical refractive index sensors are often li...

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) involves plenty of genetic disorders in organisms that can be passed down to the next generation or cause the stimulant signal that leads to early mortality in infants, especially within humankind. In medical fiel...

Liquid microlenses and their arrays (LMLAs) have emerged as a transformative platform in adaptive optics, offering superior reconfigurability, compactness, and fast response compared to conventional solid-state lenses. This review summarizes recent p...

As an emerging type of non-volatile memory, magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) stands out for its exceptional reliability and rapid read–write speeds, thereby garnering considerable attention within the industry. The memory cell arch...

In this paper, a new 3D printing system based on temperature–pressure double closed-loop collaborative control is proposed to solve the problem of 3D printing accuracy of starch food. The rapid and accurate adjustment of the nozzle temperature...

To ensure the highest safety standards in modern automobiles, the industry is constantly adopting zero-defect frameworks, such as AEC-Q100, which aims for defective-parts-per-billion (DPPB) or grade-0 level reliability standards in automotive integra...

This paper presents a comprehensive investigation of sensitivity-determining factors in dual-backplate capacitive MEMS microphones through analytical modeling, finite element analysis (FEM), and experimental validation. The study focuses on three cri...

Plastic gears are used in a variety of industrial fields and are primarily produced by injection molding with a gear cavity. At present, EDM is usually used for machining gear cavities with metal materials, and the tool electrode used in the process...

Densely integrated microarchitectures spanning three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D-ICs), chiplet-based designs, and system-in-package (SiP) assemblies make heat a first-order security concern rather than a mere reliability issue. This review co...

This paper presents a thermal gas flow sensing system, from surface acoustic wave (SAW) temperature sensor to oscillation circuit and multi-module miniaturization integration. A single-port GaN/Si SAW resonator with single resonant mode and excellent...

As life expectancy continues to increase, age-related disorders are becoming more prevalent. Among these, vascular complications resulting from chronic inflammation are particularly concerning, as they impair angiogenesis and hinder tissue repair, bo...

We have proposed and presented a hybrid mini-two-path Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MTP-MZI) sensor based on four-mode fiber (FMF), where the reference path comprises of a section of a single-mode fiber (SMF), and the sensing path adopts a struc...

To increase semiconductor production yield and meet the growing global demand, air bearings offering higher processing speeds and reduced friction losses have been proposed as an ideal solution. However, due to the non-contact support characteristic...

The coupled method of inertial focusing and magnetic separation is effective for detecting and isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood, wherein the design of a multi-physics coupled microfluidic device plays a critical role in the sorting...

The thickness of the LPCVD-Si₃N₄ gate dielectric layer significantly influences the electron transport properties of AlGaN/GaN metal–insulator–semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs), but the mechanism by which it aff...

Inertial microfluidics has obtained attention for its good performance in microparticle manipulation. It has the advantages of simplicity, high throughput, and a lack of external fields. In this paper, a simple microfluidic device is described, which...

Functionalizing agents enhance the photophysical properties of nanomaterials, thereby broadening their applications. Among these agents, cysteamine (SH-(CH₂)₂-NH₂) is unique because of its free thiol (-SH) and amino (-NH₂) groups. The presence of fre...

Tool wear detection is very important in CNC machine tool cutting. Once the tool is excessively worn, it is not only easy to cause the workpiece to be scrapped, but even to damage the machine. Therefore, common external turning tools of CNC machines...

Direct femtosecond laser writing (DLW), also known as two-photon polymerization (2PP), emerged as a true 3D micro/nano-structuring method in 1997 when Mauro and co-workers first demonstrated infrared femtosecond laser photopolymerization of a UV-cura...

To investigate the influence of surface films on the material removal mechanism of single-crystal silicon during nanogrinding, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed under different surface-film conditions. The simulations examined atomic...