Fabrication of Functional Surface Microstructures
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D：Materials and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fabrication of functional structures and devices; microscale manufacturing and forming; micromilling; laser processing; microscale heat and mass transfer; microchannel heat sinks; heat pipes; cooling
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Dear Colleagues,
Functional surface microstructures are special microstructures with exact shapes, dimensions and surface morphologies for specific functions. The introduction of functional surface microstructures in a part or in complete devices enables us to improve their functional performance without extra components. Thus, they has been widely applied in a wide range of optical, thermal, electronic, acoustics, mechanical, and biomedical areas. Triggered by their outstanding properties and wide applications in various fields, functional surface microstructures have attracted widespread research interest in the recent three to four decades. The fabrication of functional surface microstructures is critical for their performance. Various fabrication methods have been developed recently, and their mechanisms have also been explored for their potential applications. The Special Issue aims to provide a collection of the latest research and findings in the fabrication of functional surface microstructures on the following subjects:
- Cutting of functional surface microstructures;
- Laser processing of functional surface microstructures;
- 3D printing of functional surface microstructures;
- Wire electrical discharge machining of functional surface microstructures;
- MEMS-based fabrication of functional surface microstructures;
- Other fabrication methods of functional surface microstructures;
- Application of functional surface microstructures.
Dr. Daxiang Deng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional surface microstructures microscale manufacturing
- cutting
- laser processing
- 3D printing
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