05588nam 2201393z- 450 991034685270332120210211(CKB)4920000000095140(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48645(oapen)doab48645(EXLCZ)99492000000009514020202102d2019 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGlassy Materials Based MicrodevicesMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20191 online 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.Energy industries & utilitiesbicssc2D colloidal crystalAg nanoaggregatesalkali cellsaspherical lensatomic spectroscopybiosensorschalcogenide glasschemical/biological sensingcommunicationscompound glassdetection of small moleculesdevice simulationsdielectric materialsdiffusiondirect metal formingdistributed sensingdown-shiftingenclosed microstructuresenhanced boiling heat transfereuropiumfemtosecond laserfiber couplingfibersfilling ratiofluid displacementfreeform opticsfrequency conversionglassglass molding processglassy carbon micromoldgroovehybrid materialsinfrared opticslab-on-a-chiplabel-free sensorlaser materials processinglaser micromachininglasinglightlight localizationlong period gratingluminescenceluminescent materialsMEMSMEMS vapor cellsmetallic microstructuremicro-crack propagationmicro-grindingmicro/nano patterningmicrodevicesmicrofabricationmicrofluidic devicesmicrofluidicsmicroresonatormicrospheremicrospheresmicrostructured optical fibersmicrotechnologynuclear fusionoptical cellsoptofluidic microbubble resonatoroptofluidicsphotonphotonic microdevicesphotovoltaicspolymeric microfluidic flow cytometrypolymersporous mediaprecision glass moldingquartz glassresonatorroughnesssensingsevering forcesingle-cell analysissingle-cell protein quantificationsoft colloidal lithographysol-gelsolar energyspray pyrolysis techniquestrain microsensorthermal insulationultrafast laser micromachiningultrafast laser weldingvectorial strain gaugewaveguideswhispering gallery modewhispering gallery modesYb³⁺ ionsEnergy industries & utilitiesRighini Nicolettaauth1318752Righini GiancarloauthBOOK9910346852703321Glassy Materials Based Microdevices3033520UNINA