Grand challenge in N/MEMS

LG Villanueva, J Bausells, J Brugger - Frontiers in Mechanical …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) have seen a very steep progression in R&D in
the 1980s and 1990s, both in academia and industry. The rapid growth has been enabled …

[HTML][HTML] Inkjet printing of high aspect ratio superparamagnetic SU-8 microstructures with preferential magnetic directions

L Jacot-Descombes, MR Gullo, VJ Cadarso… - Micromachines, 2014 - mdpi.com
Structuring SU-8 based superparamagnetic polymer composite (SPMPC) containing Fe3O4
nanoparticles by photolithography is limited in thickness due to light absorption by the …

Inkjet printed superparamagnetic polymer composite hemispheres with programmed magnetic anisotropy

O Ergeneman, C Peters, MR Gullo, L Jacot-Descombes… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the fabrication and characterization of large arrays of inkjet-printed
superparamagnetic polymer composite (SPMPC) hemispherical microstructures. SPMPCs …

Microfabrication of a color filter array utilizing colored SU-8 photoresists

L Jiang, KJ Kim, FM Reininger, S Jiguet, S Pau - Applied Optics, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Patterned color filter arrays are important components in digital cameras, camcorders,
scanners, and multispectral detection and imaging instruments. In addition to the rapid and …

Automated real-time control of fluidic self-assembly of microparticles

M Mastrangeli, F Schill, J Goldowsky… - … on Robotics and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Self-assembly is a key coordination mechanism for large multi-unit systems and a powerful
bottom-up technology for micro/nanofabrication. Controlled self-assembly and dynamic …

Yield prediction in parallel homogeneous assembly

D Ipparthi, A Winslow, M Sitti, M Dorigo, M Mastrangeli - Soft matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the parallel assembly of two-dimensional, geometrically-closed modular
target structures out of homogeneous sets of macroscopic components of varying …

Polymer nanoliter well arrays for liquid storage and rapid on-demand electrochemical release

A Vastesson, M Guo, T Haraldsson… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer microfluidic systems are of increasing importance in several applications in
biomedicine and biosensing. The integrated encapsulation, storage, and controlled release …

Liquid-filled sealed MEMS capsules fabricated by fluidic self-assembly

M Mastrangeli, L Jacot-Descombes… - 2014 IEEE 27th …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a new method to encapsulate functional liquids into sealed MEMS capsules by
fluidic self-assembly. Self-assembly of 200 μm SU-8 cargos and picoliter liquid co …

Self-assembly of micro/nanosystems across scales and interfaces

M Mastrangeli - 2017 19th International Conference on Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Steady progress in understanding and implementation are establishing self-assembly as a
versatile, parallel and scalable approach to the fabrication of transducers. In this …

Diffusion of polyelectrolytes in dispersions of nanoparticles

C Dolce - 2016 - theses.hal.science
Polyelectrolytes are a particular class of polymers with ionizable repetition units that
dissociate in polar solvents (such as water) leading to macro-ions and counterions …