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Bioinspired Superhydrophobic Cilia for Droplets Transportation and Microchemical Reaction

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, 2021
In nature, fluid manipulation plays a crucial role in the life of organisms, which has attracted great attentions of research and industry. Here, a functional bionic cilia surface is designed via the simple magnetic field assistance and laser etching ...
Yuyan Fan   +5 more
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Numerical Analysis of Convective Mass Transfer during Multi-Droplet Impingement on a Structured Surface in the Presence of an Adhered Liquid Film—An Application to Spray Etching of PCBs

open access: yesFluids, 2023
Multi-droplet impingement is a fundamental aspect inherent to all kinds of technical spray processes which typically aim at enhancing the convective exchange of reagents or heat at the impinged surface. In this paper, the impingement of multiple droplets
Werner Eßl   +8 more
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Tapered Optical Fiber Couplers Fabricated by Droplet-Based Chemical Etching

open access: yesIEEE Photonics Journal, 2017
This paper presents a fabrication method for 2 × 2 twisted fiber-optic directional couplers based on biconical low-loss tapered optical fibers using a two-step wet-etching technique with hydrofluoric acid-based droplets and surface tension-driven ...
Gyeongho Son, Youngho Jung, Kyoungsik Yu
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Optimization of Electrode Patterns for an ITO-Based Digital Microfluidic through the Finite Element Simulation

open access: yesMicromachines, 2022
Indium tin oxide (ITO)-based digital microfluidics (DMF) with unique optical and electrical properties are promising in the development of integrated, automatic and portable analytical systems.
Ze-Rui Song   +5 more
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Enhanced Fabrication of Microdroplet Generator Nozzle Arrays: Optimizing KOH Etching for Microfluidic Applications

open access: yes, 2023
Ultrasonic microdroplet generators are useful devices with broad applications ranging from aerosolized drug delivery to three-dimensional (3D) printing-based additive manufacturing.
Bai, Hongyu
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Micromachined tube-type of Si droplet generator [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We developed the novel type of droplet generator for the bio-chemical reactions, and designed it by considering Reynolds and Weber numbers. The Si droplet generator was fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator wafer by using deep-reactive ion etching and was
Sato, K.   +9 more
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Manipulation of the Superhydrophobicity of Plasma-Etched Polymer Nanostructures

open access: yesMicromachines, 2018
The manipulation of droplet mobility on a nanotextured surface by oxygen plasma is demonstrated by modulating the modes of hydrophobic coatings and controlling the hierarchy of nanostructures. The spin-coating of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) allows for
Ke Du   +4 more
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Plasma nano-patterning for altering hydrophobicity of copper substrate for moist air condensation

open access: yesApplied Surface Science Advances, 2022
Fabrication of durable hydrophobic metallic substrate is an emerging area of research for the condensation process in many industrial devices because its implementation enhances the efficacy of the devices. In this work, effective and durable hydrophobic
Deepak Kumar Sharma   +3 more
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Cryogenic deep reactive ion etching of silicon micro and nanostructures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This thesis focuses on cryogenic deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) and presents how it can be applied to the fabrication of silicon micro- and nanostructures that have applications in microfluidics and micromechanics.
Sainiemi, Lauri
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Analysis of the Interfacial Adhesion between a Stainless-Steel Fiber and an Epoxy Resin by the Single Fiber Microdroplet Test

open access: yesSurfaces, 2020
In this study, the surfaces of the stainless-steel fibers of the kind primarily utilized in fiber-reinforced composite materials were modified by an acid treatment to increase the interfacial adhesion between the fibers and epoxy resins in composite ...
MiYeon Kwon, Seung Goo Lee
doaj   +1 more source

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