05471nam 2201357z- 450 991034685270332120231214133215.0(CKB)4920000000095140(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48645(EXLCZ)99492000000009514020202102d2019 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGlassy Materials Based MicrodevicesMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20191 electronic resource (284 p.)3-03897-618-0 Microtechnology has changed our world since the last century, when silicon microelectronics revolutionized sensor, control and communication areas, with applications extending from domotics to automotive, and from security to biomedicine. The present century, however, is also seeing an accelerating pace of innovation in glassy materials; as an example, glass-ceramics, which successfully combine the properties of an amorphous matrix with those of micro- or nano-crystals, offer a very high flexibility of design to chemists, physicists and engineers, who can conceive and implement advanced microdevices. In a very similar way, the synthesis of glassy polymers in a very wide range of chemical structures offers unprecedented potential of applications. The contemporary availability of microfabrication technologies, such as direct laser writing or 3D printing, which add to the most common processes (deposition, lithography and etching), facilitates the development of novel or advanced microdevices based on glassy materials. Biochemical and biomedical sensors, especially with the lab-on-a-chip target, are one of the most evident proofs of the success of this material platform. Other applications have also emerged in environment, food, and chemical industries. The present Special Issue of Micromachines aims at reviewing the current state-of-the-art and presenting perspectives of further development. Contributions related to the technologies, glassy materials, design and fabrication processes, characterization, and, eventually, applications are welcome.enhanced boiling heat transfermicrofluidic devicesthermal insulationfiberslab-on-a-chipprecision glass moldingdevice simulationsspray pyrolysis techniquedielectric materialsdetection of small moleculesroughnessdirect metal formingmicro-grindingMEMSchalcogenide glasswhispering gallery modedown-shiftingglassoptofluidic microbubble resonatorluminescent materialsfilling ratio2D colloidal crystalwaveguidesmicro-crack propagationfluid displacementbiosensorsfreeform opticsmicrostructured optical fiberslaser micromachiningpolymeric microfluidic flow cytometryluminescencefrequency conversionlightmicro/nano patterningresonatorfiber couplingdistributed sensingsevering forcemicrospherealkali cellsmicrofabricationhybrid materialsenclosed microstructuresinfrared opticsglassy carbon micromoldAg nanoaggregatesmicrofluidicschemical/biological sensingporous mediaatomic spectroscopyquartz glasssolar energydiffusionsoft colloidal lithographygroovecompound glassmetallic microstructurewhispering gallery modessol-gelcommunicationsfemtosecond laseroptofluidicseuropiumaspherical lenslong period gratingoptical cellspolymerslasingphotovoltaicsmicroresonatorsensingmicrosphereslight localizationYb³⁺ ionslaser materials processingphotonic microdevicesMEMS vapor cellsmicrotechnologyultrafast laser micromachiningphotonsingle-cell protein quantificationstrain microsensorlabel-free sensormicrodevicesultrafast laser weldingnuclear fusionvectorial strain gaugesingle-cell analysisglass molding processRighini Nicolettaauth1318752Righini GiancarloauthBOOK9910346852703321Glassy Materials Based Microdevices3033520UNINA