The special mechanical properties of nanoparticles allow for novel applications in many
fields, eg, surface engineering, tribology and nanomanufacturing/nanofabrication. In this …

Acoustic tweezers are gaining increasing attention as a noncontact method that is capable
of handling microparticles and nanoparticles in a controllable manner. By designing the …

Herein, we demonstrate the controlled formation of two-dimensional periodic arrays of ring-
shaped nanostructures assembled from CdSe semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The …

We elucidate the major mechanism of microparticle removal in the megasonic cleaning
process through the direct visualization experiments. It is revealed that particles sitting on …

Ceria removal during the STI post-CMP cleaning process has recently become a serious
concern to the semiconductor industries. It is known that ceria forms a strong Ce-O-Si …

Acoustic cavitation is the main mechanism for reaction intensification in sonochemistry. This
chapter provides an overview of the dynamics, mechanisms and theories of acoustic …

Reduction of contaminants in polluted water can be effectively enhanced by a suitable
photocatalyst that utilizes an extended light adsorption spectrum, presents a large surface-to …

All transducers used in biological sensing suffer from fouling resulting from nonspecific
binding of protein molecules to the device surface. The acoustic-streaming phenomenon …

A series of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous membrane Fe complexes as the Fenton
heterogeneous catalysts were fabricated through surface modification with different ratio of …

After CMP, the removal of ceria nanoparticle residues is difficult due to the formation of Ce–
O–Si chemical bonds on the SiO 2 film surface. After STI CMP, several post-CMP cleaning …