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Scientific ReportsBacteria and micro-eukaryotes play important roles in river ecological systems. The processes that govern bacterial and micro-eukaryotic communities in urban rivers are still uncertain.
Shenwen Cai +5 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen +5 more
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Metrology and Quality Assurance of Electronic Assembly Devices through Ultrasonic Micro-NDE
, 2006 A metrological and quality control procedure for Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) electronic assembly devices for railway traction applications is presented. A micro-nondestructive evaluation (micro-NDE) procedure based on ultrasonic (UT) sensors
I. L. Baciu, TETI, ROBERTO
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Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in Bionanotechnology: Current Advances and Future Perspectives
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) enables the nanoscale mapping of electrostatic surface potentials. While widely applied in materials science, its use in biological systems remains emerging. This review presents recent advances in KPFM applied to biological samples and provides a critical perspective on current limitations and future directions for
Ehsan Rahimi +4 more
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Opportunities of Semiconducting Oxide Nanostructures as Advanced Luminescent Materials in Photonics
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The review discusses the challenges of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconducting oxides as a suitable material platform for photonics. They offer great versatility in terms of tuning microstructure, native defects, doping, anisotropy, and micro‐ and nano‐structuring. The review focuses on their light emission, light‐confinement in optical cavities, and
Ana Cremades +7 more
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Design of passive alignment structures for the batch alignment of micro components
, 2022 S.359-362The research of structural elements for the passive alignment of micro components has been an essential task within the framework of the Collaborate Research Centre "SFB 440". The approach which has been pursued with the research done within the
Brecher, Christian, Weinzierl, Martin
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This study demonstrates a self‐assembly process to generate free‐standing piezoelectric nanomembranes, forming ultracompact microtubular acoustic wave sensors and actuators. The miniaturized 3D piezoelectric platform reported in this work can be applied in telecommunication, energy harvesting, and acoustofluidics. Moreover, the 3D self‐assembly can add
Raphaël C. L‐M. Doineau +9 more
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Internet-based remote assembly of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
, 2004 This paper presents our development of a novel Internet-based E-manufacturing system to advance applications in micromanipulation and microassembly using an in situ polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric sensor.
Li, Wen J. +3 more
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Electrically Readable Lateral Flow Assay Using Organic Transistors for Diagnostic Applications
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Electrolyte‐gated organic field‐effect transistors (EGOFETs) are integrated with lateral flow (LF) paper fluidics to create a reusable, portable, and low‐cost point‐of‐care (PoC) diagnostic test. The devices are validated for Human Immunoglobulin G detection, achieving high sensitivity (0.1 fm), selectivity, and reproducibility with rapid results in 20–
María Jesús Ortiz‐Aguayo +4 more
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Water Biology and SecurityMicro-eukaryotic communities are highly sensitive to environmental changes, and their structure offers crucial insights into the impact of human activities on aquatic habitats.
Xinghao Li +7 more
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