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Single-Layered Microfluidic Network-Based Combinatorial Dilution for Standard Simplex Lattice Design

open access: yesMicromachines, 2018
In this paper, we presented a straightforward strategy to generate 15 combinations of three samples based on an experimental simplex lattice design using a single-layer microfluidic network. First, we investigated the performances of the plain structural
Kangsun Lee, Choong Kim, Kwang W. Oh
doaj   +1 more source

Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent Proximity Correction Enabled Large-Area Metasurfaces by KrF Photolithography

open access: yesIEEE Access
Model-based optical proximity correction (OPC) is a widely adopted resolution enhancement technique that compensates for lithography proximity effects by adjusting and correcting mask pattern shapes.
Hsueh-Li Liu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Computationally Informed Design of a Multi-Axial Actuated Microfluidic Chip Device

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
This paper describes the computationally informed design and experimental validation of a microfluidic chip device with multi-axial stretching capabilities.
Alessio Gizzi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An On‐Demand Neuromorphic Vision System Enabled by a Multi‐Paradigm Neuromorphic Device and Hierarchical Reconfigurability Designed from Device to System Level

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
An on‐demand ultra‐reconfigurable intelligent vision system with hierarchical reconfigurability from device to system levels is demonstrated. Through co‐design of a multi‐paradigm device, reconfigurable circuits, and adaptive system architecture/algorithms, the system enables seamless switching among spiking, non‐spiking, neuromorphic imaging (NI), and
Biyi Jiang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Two-Stage Unet Framework for Sub-Resolution Assist Feature Prediction

open access: yesMicromachines
Sub-resolution assist feature (SRAF) is a widely used resolution enhancement technology for improving image contrast and the common process window in advanced lithography processes.
Mu Lin, Le Ma, Lisong Dong, Xu Ma
doaj   +1 more source

Computational lithography with advanced optimization algorithms

open access: yes, 2020
Lithography techniques have long been the driving power for the advancement of Moore’s law for the semiconductor industry. In recent years, next generation lithog- raphy techniques, such as extreme ultraviolet lithography, have been extensively de- layed.
openaire   +1 more source

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