LEADER 03037nam 22005293a 450 001 9910346858003321 005 20250203235437.0 010 $a9783038975045 010 $a3038975044 024 8 $a10.3390/books978-3-03897-504-5 035 $a(CKB)4920000000095087 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53428 035 $a(ScCtBLL)036fec47-65e6-4d22-95fc-d23c32c68f0c 035 $a(OCoLC)1163851321 035 $a(oapen)doab53428 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000095087 100 $a20250203i20182019 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMicromanipulation$fNicola Pio Belfiore 210 $cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2018 210 1$aBasel, Switzerland :$cMDPI,$d2018. 215 $a1 electronic resource (200 p.) 311 08$a9783038975038 311 08$a3038975036 330 $aNowadays, we meet microsystems in a variety of devices used in modern life. They are used, for example, in medicine, biology, industry, home appliances, transport, and aerospace. One of the main problems in the technological development of microsystems is their actuation. Several solutions have been suggested, such as electrostatic, electrothermal, electromagnetic, or piezoelectric actuation, although a valid solution seems to be still out of our reach.Another crucial problem in designing, manufacturing, and operating microsystems for micromanipulation consists in the loss of some basic paradigms commonly used as a source of inspiration at the macroscale. The differences in designing at the two different scales may have either positive or negative effects. For example, an unthinkable structure in the day-life domain, as, for example, a long "cantilever" bridge over the Hudson river, would become possible after downscaling "everything" from road dimensions to the micro-world. Alternatively, a fantastic electric motor that works very well in our world, by virtue of the basic principles of electromagnetism, would become useless if scaled back to the micro cosmos.This book opens a small window on the world of research, presenting a group of papers that try to respond to the challenge of increasing the efficiency and functionality of modern microsystems. A final little section is also dedicated to the development of new teaching methods successfully adopted in some university courses. 606 $aHistory of engineering and technology$2bicssc 610 $aMicrosystems 610 $aControl 610 $aDynamics 610 $aKinematics 610 $aNEMS 610 $aMicroactuators 610 $aMEMS 610 $aMicromanipulation 610 $aMicrogrippers 615 7$aHistory of engineering and technology 700 $aBelfiore$b Nicola Pio$0442144 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346858003321 996 $aMicromanipulation$94322292 997 $aUNINA