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Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applications

dc.contributor.authorLambert, Pierre*
dc.contributor.authorMastrangeli, Massimo*
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T19:36:00Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T19:36:00Z
dc.date.issued2019*
dc.date.submitted2019-12-09 16:10:12*
dc.identifier42707*
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53440
dc.description.abstractBuilding on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to the development of soft/fluidic microrobotics. Benefiting from scaling laws, surface tension and capillary effects can enable sensing, actuation, adhesion, confinement, compliance, and other structural and functional properties necessary in micro- and nanosystems. Various applications are under development: microfluidic and lab-on-chip devices, soft gripping and manipulation of particles, colloidal and interfacial assemblies, fluidic/droplet mechatronics. The capillary action is ubiquitous in drops, bubbles and menisci, opening a broad spectrum of technological solutions and scientific investigations. Identified grand challenges to the establishment of fluidic microrobotics include mastering the dynamics of capillary effects, controlling the hysteresis arising from wetting and evaporation, improving the dispensing and handling of tiny droplets, and developing a mechatronic approach for the control and programming of surface tension effects. In this Special Issue of Micromachines, we invite contributions covering all aspects of microscale engineering relying on surface tension. Particularly, we welcome contributions on fundamentals or applications related to:Drop-botics: fluidic or surface tension-based micro/nanorobotics: capillary manipulation, gripping, and actuation, sensing, folding, propulsion and bio-inspired solutions; Control of surface tension effects: surface tension gradients, active surfactants, thermocapillarity, electrowetting, elastocapillarity; Handling of droplets, bubbles and liquid bridges: dispensing, confinement, displacement, stretching, rupture, evaporation; Capillary forces: modelling, measurement, simulation; Interfacial engineering: smart liquids, surface treatments; Interfacial fluidic and capillary assembly of colloids and devices; Biological applications of surface tension, including lab-on-chip and organ-on-chip systems. We expect novel as well as review contributions on all aspects of surface tension-based micro/nanoengineering. In line with Micromachines' policy, we also invite research proposals that introduce ideas for new applications, devices, or technologies.*
dc.languageEnglish*
dc.subjectTA1-2040*
dc.subjectT1-995*
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technologyen_US
dc.subject.otherelectrodynamic screen*
dc.subject.othersoft tissue*
dc.subject.othermicrostructure*
dc.subject.othermist capillary self-alignment*
dc.subject.otherdroplet*
dc.subject.otherlab-on-a-chip*
dc.subject.othermixing*
dc.subject.othernanoprecipitation*
dc.subject.otherasymmetric surfaces*
dc.subject.othergecko setae*
dc.subject.otheroil-water interface*
dc.subject.othernon-invasive control*
dc.subject.otherself-cleaning surface*
dc.subject.othercorrosive resistance*
dc.subject.othermicropipette-technique*
dc.subject.otherhydrophobic*
dc.subject.otherwettability gradient*
dc.subject.otherlung-surfactants*
dc.subject.otherhydrophilic*
dc.subject.otherdynamic*
dc.subject.othervibrations*
dc.subject.othersuperhydrophobic*
dc.subject.othermicroasssembly*
dc.subject.otheradsorption*
dc.subject.otherwetting*
dc.subject.otherphotochemical reaction*
dc.subject.othercontact line oscillation*
dc.subject.other355 nm UV laser*
dc.subject.othercapillary*
dc.subject.othercomputational fluid dynamics*
dc.subject.otherbearing*
dc.subject.othersolutal Marangoni effect*
dc.subject.otherrelaxation oscillations*
dc.subject.othersuperhydrophilic*
dc.subject.othermicrotexture melting*
dc.subject.otherrigid gas permeable contact lenses*
dc.subject.otherhydrophilic/superhydrophobic patterned surfaces*
dc.subject.otherpolydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replication*
dc.subject.othermicrofabrication*
dc.subject.otheractuation*
dc.subject.otherdroplet transport*
dc.subject.other“droplet-interface-bilayers”*
dc.subject.othermicrofluidics*
dc.subject.otherelectrosurgical scalpels*
dc.subject.othercontinuous-flow reactor*
dc.subject.otherair-water surface*
dc.subject.othermicromanufacturing*
dc.subject.othersurface treatment*
dc.subject.otherliquid bridge*
dc.subject.otherstereolithography*
dc.subject.othersuper-hydrophobic*
dc.subject.othertwo-phase flow*
dc.subject.otherhot drop*
dc.subject.otherdurable*
dc.subject.otherinsoluble lipids*
dc.subject.otheranti-sticking*
dc.subject.othersmart superhydrophobic surface*
dc.subject.otherdroplet manipulation*
dc.subject.other“black lipid films”*
dc.subject.othercondensation*
dc.subject.otherpick-and-place*
dc.subject.otherwettability*
dc.subject.othergas-microbubbles*
dc.subject.othersoft robotics*
dc.subject.othercapillary pressure*
dc.subject.othersuperomniphobic*
dc.subject.otherself-lubricating slippery surface*
dc.subject.otherelectrowetting*
dc.subject.othersoluble surfactant*
dc.subject.otheranisotropic ratchet conveyor*
dc.subject.otherNasturtium leaf*
dc.subject.otherdroplets*
dc.subject.otherphotoresponsible surfactant*
dc.subject.othertwo-photon polymerization*
dc.subject.othercontact angle*
dc.subject.otheradhesion*
dc.subject.othertransport*
dc.subject.otherpick and place*
dc.subject.othersurface tension*
dc.subject.otheroil-microdroplets*
dc.subject.othermicromanipulation*
dc.subject.otherlaser die transfer*
dc.subject.othercapillary gripper*
dc.subject.otherequilibrium*
dc.titleMicroscale Surface Tension and Its Applications*
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.3390/books978-3-03921-565-2*
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0*
oapen.relation.isbn9783039215652*
oapen.relation.isbn9783039215645*
oapen.pages240*
oapen.edition1st*


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