LEADER 05588nam 2201393z- 450 001 9910346852703321 005 20210211 035 $a(CKB)4920000000095140 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48645 035 $a(oapen)doab48645 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000095140 100 $a20202102d2019 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGlassy Materials Based Microdevices 210 $cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2019 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 311 08$a3-03897-618-0 330 $aMicrotechnology 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. 606 $aEnergy industries & utilities$2bicssc 610 $a2D colloidal crystal 610 $aAg nanoaggregates 610 $aalkali cells 610 $aaspherical lens 610 $aatomic spectroscopy 610 $abiosensors 610 $achalcogenide glass 610 $achemical/biological sensing 610 $acommunications 610 $acompound glass 610 $adetection of small molecules 610 $adevice simulations 610 $adielectric materials 610 $adiffusion 610 $adirect metal forming 610 $adistributed sensing 610 $adown-shifting 610 $aenclosed microstructures 610 $aenhanced boiling heat transfer 610 $aeuropium 610 $afemtosecond laser 610 $afiber coupling 610 $afibers 610 $afilling ratio 610 $afluid displacement 610 $afreeform optics 610 $afrequency conversion 610 $aglass 610 $aglass molding process 610 $aglassy carbon micromold 610 $agroove 610 $ahybrid materials 610 $ainfrared optics 610 $alab-on-a-chip 610 $alabel-free sensor 610 $alaser materials processing 610 $alaser micromachining 610 $alasing 610 $alight 610 $alight localization 610 $along period grating 610 $aluminescence 610 $aluminescent materials 610 $aMEMS 610 $aMEMS vapor cells 610 $ametallic microstructure 610 $amicro-crack propagation 610 $amicro-grinding 610 $amicro/nano patterning 610 $amicrodevices 610 $amicrofabrication 610 $amicrofluidic devices 610 $amicrofluidics 610 $amicroresonator 610 $amicrosphere 610 $amicrospheres 610 $amicrostructured optical fibers 610 $amicrotechnology 610 $anuclear fusion 610 $aoptical cells 610 $aoptofluidic microbubble resonator 610 $aoptofluidics 610 $aphoton 610 $aphotonic microdevices 610 $aphotovoltaics 610 $apolymeric microfluidic flow cytometry 610 $apolymers 610 $aporous media 610 $aprecision glass molding 610 $aquartz glass 610 $aresonator 610 $aroughness 610 $asensing 610 $asevering force 610 $asingle-cell analysis 610 $asingle-cell protein quantification 610 $asoft colloidal lithography 610 $asol-gel 610 $asolar energy 610 $aspray pyrolysis technique 610 $astrain microsensor 610 $athermal insulation 610 $aultrafast laser micromachining 610 $aultrafast laser welding 610 $avectorial strain gauge 610 $awaveguides 610 $awhispering gallery mode 610 $awhispering gallery modes 610 $aYb3+ ions 615 7$aEnergy industries & utilities 700 $aRighini$b Nicoletta$4auth$01318752 702 $aRighini$b Giancarlo$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346852703321 996 $aGlassy Materials Based Microdevices$93033520 997 $aUNINA