06540nam 22014413a 450 991036775150332120250203235425.09783039215652303921565510.3390/books978-3-03921-565-2(CKB)4100000010106202(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53440(ScCtBLL)f732d399-2f76-49fd-8761-99f56a6f9b35(OCoLC)1163856675(oapen)doab53440(EXLCZ)99410000001010620220250203i20192019 uu engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMicroscale Surface Tension and Its ApplicationsMassimo Mastrangeli, Pierre LambertMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute2019Basel, Switzerland :MDPI,2019.1 electronic resource (240 p.)9783039215645 3039215647 Building on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to the development of soft/fluidic microrobotics. Benefiting from scaling laws, surface tension and capillary effects can enable sensing, actuation, adhesion, confinement, compliance, and other structural and functional properties necessary in micro- and nanosystems. Various applications are under development: microfluidic and lab-on-chip devices, soft gripping and manipulation of particles, colloidal and interfacial assemblies, fluidic/droplet mechatronics. The capillary action is ubiquitous in drops, bubbles and menisci, opening a broad spectrum of technological solutions and scientific investigations. Identified grand challenges to the establishment of fluidic microrobotics include mastering the dynamics of capillary effects, controlling the hysteresis arising from wetting and evaporation, improving the dispensing and handling of tiny droplets, and developing a mechatronic approach for the control and programming of surface tension effects. In this Special Issue of Micromachines, we invite contributions covering all aspects of microscale engineering relying on surface tension. Particularly, we welcome contributions on fundamentals or applications related to: Drop-botics: fluidic or surface tension-based micro/nanorobotics: capillary manipulation, gripping, and actuation, sensing, folding, propulsion and bio-inspired solutions; Control of surface tension effects: surface tension gradients, active surfactants, thermocapillarity, electrowetting, elastocapillarity; Handling of droplets, bubbles and liquid bridges: dispensing, confinement, displacement, stretching, rupture, evaporation; Capillary forces: modelling, measurement, simulation; Interfacial engineering: smart liquids, surface treatments; Interfacial fluidic and capillary assembly of colloids and devices; Biological applications of surface tension, including lab-on-chip and organ-on-chip systems. We expect novel as well as review contributions on all aspects of surface tension-based micro/nanoengineering. In line with Micromachines' policy, we also invite research proposals that introduce ideas for new applications, devices, or technologies.History of engineering and technologybicsscelectrodynamic screensoft tissuemicrostructuremist capillary self-alignmentdropletlab-on-a-chipmixingnanoprecipitationasymmetric surfacesgecko setaeoil-water interfacenon-invasive controlself-cleaning surfacecorrosive resistancemicropipette-techniquehydrophobicwettability gradientlung-surfactantshydrophilicdynamicvibrationssuperhydrophobicmicroasssemblyadsorptionwettingphotochemical reactioncontact line oscillation355 nm UV lasercapillarycomputational fluid dynamicsbearingsolutal Marangoni effectrelaxation oscillationssuperhydrophilicmicrotexture meltingrigid gas permeable contact lenseshydrophilic/superhydrophobic patterned surfacespolydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replicationmicrofabricationactuationdroplet transport“droplet-interface-bilayers”microfluidicselectrosurgical scalpelscontinuous-flow reactorair-water surfacemicromanufacturingsurface treatmentliquid bridgestereolithographysuper-hydrophobictwo-phase flowhot dropdurableinsoluble lipidsanti-stickingsmart superhydrophobic surfacedroplet manipulation“black lipid films”condensationpick-and-placewettabilitygas-microbubblessoft roboticscapillary pressuresuperomniphobicself-lubricating slippery surfaceelectrowettingsoluble surfactantanisotropic ratchet conveyorNasturtium leafdropletsphotoresponsible surfactanttwo-photon polymerizationcontact angleadhesiontransportpick and placesurface tensionoil-microdropletsmicromanipulationlaser die transfercapillary gripperequilibriumHistory of engineering and technologyMastrangeli Massimo1786565Lambert PierreScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910367751503321Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applications4318421UNINA