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This paper presents the microfabrication and performance of a three-dimensional electrospray ionization (ESI) emitter tip made from glass, which achieves stable current signals important for chemical analysis. Our novel ...

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• Fundamental performance of electrospray ionization was demonstrated with a glass microfluidic chip.

Research to develop next-generation flexible transparent electrode materials using various nanomaterials is being actively pursued, and nanomaterials with sufficient conductivity and transparency for replacing ITO have been realized. ...

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• We developed a process that can improve the mechanical strength of an electrospun transparent electrode film.

In recent years, the fabrication of flexible electronic devices has been focused on the use eutectic gallium‑indium (EGaIn) liquid metal (LM) materials with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidics, which are less toxic. The flexible ...

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• This study presents smd-type LEDs, which are enhanced the bonding strength with PDMS microfluidics using a APTES.

In this paper, an optical pressure‐sensitive membrane based on plasmon resonance absorption has been designed, fabricated, and demonstrated. The membrane utilizes plasmon resonance on a gold island film embedded in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) ...

The bendable silicon-based ultra-thin chips (UTCs), with thickness below 50 μm are needed to provide high-performance flexible electronics for several emerging applications ranging from flexible displays to robotic e-skin. The UTCs ...

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• PDMS is used for front-side protection during alkaline wet etching of silicon.
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Polydimethylsiloxane-Fe₃O₄ nanocomposite is introduced as a competent magnetic material to utilize in the magnetic membrane micro-actuators, for first time in this paper. Using this magnetic composite, two types of electromagnetic ...

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• Polydimethylsiloxane-Fe3O4 nanocomposite: a competent magnetic material to utilize in the magnetic membrane micro-actuators

• Concept and synthesis approach for CFCSs which can find application in biomedicine/drug delivery.

The concept and synthesis approach for planar Compliant Fluidic Control Structures (CFCSs), monolithic flexible continua with embedded functional pores, is presented in this manuscript. Such structures are envisioned to find ...

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is widely used in biomedical research and technology, but its mechanical properties should be tuned according to the desired product specifications. Mixing ratio of base polymer to curing ...

The authors developed a novel method for fabricating microporous dielectric layers on capacitive pressure sensors using a mixture of sugar and PDMS. In order to obtain different layer morphologies, a mold was used to control morphology during 3D ...

This paper presents a two dimensional force sensor fabricated on PDMS nanocomposite, with patterned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) acting as a force sensing unit. A novel fabrication method is composed of inkjet printing of CNTs onto polyethylene terephthalate ...

The study of micro-nano patterned surfaces has become a key area in the last few years. While the principal reason behind this interest is the wide range of applications of these surfaces; adhesion and wetting studies also have turned into important ...

DSSIL was used in combination with inexpensive injection molded glassy polystyrene surfaces doped with an organic light emitting polymer to generate a series of planar light emitting diffractive optical elements. 2D diffractive structures with lateral ...

This work presents an investigation of the electrical behavior of below percolation threshold CNTs-filled PDMS nanocomposites. Fabricated films were assessed with the aid of current-voltage characteristic and charging/discharging current transient ...

In this work we investigate degradation effects occurring on soft PDMS stamps while performing UV enhanced substrate conformal imprint lithography (UV-SCIL) with dual-curing UV Sol-Gel resists. First, we describe and optimize the imprint process to ...

Tactile sensors are indispensable in robotic or prosthetic hands, which are normally covered with or embedded in soft materials. A novel tactile sensor with the structure of combining an elastic steel sheet and a piezoresistive gauge has been developed ...

Carbon-based materials are commonly used as fillers in polymer matrices for the fabrication of flexible physical and chemical sensors. Among the carbon materials, graphene has emerged as a promising next generation material replacing the traditionally ...

Display Omitted PDMS residues-free micro/macrostructures.Transfer printing the micro-/nanostructures to ultra-flexible substrates.Removing PDMS using chemical etch and dispersion.Disintegrating and dissolving the PDMS. Transfer printing has been ...

Display Omitted The analyte-induced surface stress can cause the change of capacitance.The capacitive variation tendency is similar to a reciprocal function.The biosensor can be used as the device to examine the medical treatment effect. Surface stress ...

Graphical abstractDisplay Omitted Novel high transparent light guiding plate for single-sided light emission is presented.LED-coupled light guiding plates with optical microstructures for extracting the light.First prototypes of plates are ...

The fluidic based multidirectional flow sensor inspired from artificial cupula was presented in this paper. It is consists of dome-shaped membrane, microchannel and one-side electrode with implementation of electrical double layer capacitor as a sensing ...