Liquid metals, with their unique combination of electrical and mechanical properties, offer
great opportunities for actuation based on surface tension modulation. Thanks to the scaling …

Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs) have become promising tools offering
various analytical applications for chemical and biological assays at the point-of-care (POC) …

Manipulating liquid is of great significance in fields from life sciences to industrial
applications. Owing to its advantages in manipulating liquids with high precision and …

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) can convert a mechanical energy input to an electric
energy output through Maxwell's displacement current. By increasing the electrical output …

Electronically controlled droplet manipulation has widespread applications in biochemistry,
life sciences, and industry. However, current technologies such as electrowetting …

Robotics for scientific research are evolving from gras** macro-scale solid materials to
directly actuating micro-scale liquid samples. However, current liquid actuation mechanisms …

Abstract Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) lab-on-a-chip systems have already proven
their potential within a broad range of bio-assays. Nevertheless, research on the analytical …

Thrust roller bearings are widely used in heavy-duty mechanical components, but there is a
major challenge that it needs for regular inspection of the lubricants to prevent bearing …

Cell spheroids are multicellular aggregates, grown in vitro, that mimic the three-dimensional
morphology of physiological tissues. Although there are numerous benefits to using …

In recent years, the open electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device has been widely used
in biomedical detection, chemical synthesis analysis, and so on. However, the cost of using …