In recent years,the utilization of 3D printing technology in micro and nano device manufacturing has garneredsignificant attention.Advancements in 3D printing have enabled achieving sub-micron level precision.Unlikeco...
In recent years,microfluidic systems have evolved to incorporate increasingly complex multi-layer and multi-materialstructures.While conventional 2-dimensional microfluidic systems are typically fabricated with lithog...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 42177440 and 52075177);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2021YFB3301400).
Surface electromyogram(sEMG)serves as a means to discern human movement intentions,achieved by applying epidermal electrodes to specific body regions.However,it is difficult to obtain high-fidelity sEMG recordings in ...
supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)funded by the Korean government(MSIT)(NRF-2022R1A2B5B03002198).
Microextrusion printing is widely used to precisely manufacture microdevices,microphysiological systems,and biological constructs that feature micropatterns and microstructures consisting of various materials.This met...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Project(No.2021YFB2011500(XL));National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.52025055(JS));National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.51975467(XL));Joint Fund Project-Enterprise-Shaanxi Coal Joint Fund Project(NO.2021JLM-42(XL));Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi(No.2022GXLH-01-12).
Conformal electronic devices on freeform surface play a critical role in the emerging smart robotics,smart skins,and integrated sensing systems.However,their functional structures such as circuits tend to tear-off,bre...
sponsored by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Start-up Funding from the Chinese University of Hong Kong for funding support.Y.K.and Y.H.wish to thank A*STAR(C210112014);the SERC Central Research Fund(CRF,UIBR,KIMR220901aSERCRF),Singapore,for funding support.
Advanced building facades,which include windows,walls,and roofs,hold great promise for reducing building energy consumption.In recent decades,the management of heat transfer via electromagnetic radiation between build...
support from the National Science Foundation(CMMI-2104526,CMMI-2243771,and CMMI-2104295);the Department of Energy(DE-NE0009187);the National Institutes of Health(R01GM132603,R01GM144417,and R01GM135486);supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No.2139754 for J.R.and B.S.
The addition of surface acoustic wave(SAW)technologies to microfluidics has greatly advanced lab-on-a-chip applications due to their unique and powerful attributes,including high-precision manipulation,versatility,int...
supported by grants from the National Special Fund for the Development of Major Research Equipment and Instrument(Grant No.2020YFF01014503);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61775140);Shanghai Industrial Collaborative Innovation Project(Grant No.2021-cyxt1-kj06);Shanghai Rising-Star Program(Grant No.20QA1407000).
Reconfigurable modular microfluidics presents an opportunity for flexibly constructing prototypes of advanced microfluidic systems.Nevertheless,the strategy of directly integrating modules cannot easily fulfill the re...
This work was supported by the French National Research Agency(ANR)under the research project MOLY(grant ANR-15-CE19–0005)and CBH-EUR-GS(ANR-17-EURE-0003);by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program as part of the HoliFAB project(grant agreement no.760927);by FEDER European Regional Funds and French Région Occitanie as part of the MultiFAB project(grant agreement number 16007407/MP00115MP0011594);by the Labex ARCANE,and by the French national technological network RENATECH.
In this work, we introduce a polymer version of a previously developed silicon MEMS drop deposition tool for surfacefunctionalization that consists of a microcantilever integrating an open fluidic channel and a reserv...
This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFA0703000),the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31870957),the Fundamental Research Fundamental Funds for the Central Universities(DUT22LAB601),Guangdong Provincial Basic and Applied Basic Research(No.2019A1515110415),and the Shenzhen Basic Research Program general project(JCYJ20190808152211686 and JCYJ20190808120217133).
Conventional manufacturing techniques to fabricate microfluidic chips,such as soft lithography and hot embossing process,have limitations that include difficulty in preparing multiple-layered structures,cost-and labor...