LEADER 06048nam 2201309z- 450 001 9910367751503321 005 20231214133419.0 010 $a3-03921-565-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000010106202 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53440 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010106202 100 $a20202102d2019 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMicroscale Surface Tension and Its Applications 210 $cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2019 215 $a1 electronic resource (240 p.) 311 $a3-03921-564-7 330 $aBuilding 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. 610 $aelectrodynamic screen 610 $asoft tissue 610 $amicrostructure 610 $amist capillary self-alignment 610 $adroplet 610 $alab-on-a-chip 610 $amixing 610 $ananoprecipitation 610 $aasymmetric surfaces 610 $agecko setae 610 $aoil-water interface 610 $anon-invasive control 610 $aself-cleaning surface 610 $acorrosive resistance 610 $amicropipette-technique 610 $ahydrophobic 610 $awettability gradient 610 $alung-surfactants 610 $ahydrophilic 610 $adynamic 610 $avibrations 610 $asuperhydrophobic 610 $amicroasssembly 610 $aadsorption 610 $awetting 610 $aphotochemical reaction 610 $acontact line oscillation 610 $a355 nm UV laser 610 $acapillary 610 $acomputational fluid dynamics 610 $abearing 610 $asolutal Marangoni effect 610 $arelaxation oscillations 610 $asuperhydrophilic 610 $amicrotexture melting 610 $arigid gas permeable contact lenses 610 $ahydrophilic/superhydrophobic patterned surfaces 610 $apolydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replication 610 $amicrofabrication 610 $aactuation 610 $adroplet transport 610 $a?droplet-interface-bilayers? 610 $amicrofluidics 610 $aelectrosurgical scalpels 610 $acontinuous-flow reactor 610 $aair-water surface 610 $amicromanufacturing 610 $asurface treatment 610 $aliquid bridge 610 $astereolithography 610 $asuper-hydrophobic 610 $atwo-phase flow 610 $ahot drop 610 $adurable 610 $ainsoluble lipids 610 $aanti-sticking 610 $asmart superhydrophobic surface 610 $adroplet manipulation 610 $a?black lipid films? 610 $acondensation 610 $apick-and-place 610 $awettability 610 $agas-microbubbles 610 $asoft robotics 610 $acapillary pressure 610 $asuperomniphobic 610 $aself-lubricating slippery surface 610 $aelectrowetting 610 $asoluble surfactant 610 $aanisotropic ratchet conveyor 610 $aNasturtium leaf 610 $adroplets 610 $aphotoresponsible surfactant 610 $atwo-photon polymerization 610 $acontact angle 610 $aadhesion 610 $atransport 610 $apick and place 610 $asurface tension 610 $aoil-microdroplets 610 $amicromanipulation 610 $alaser die transfer 610 $acapillary gripper 610 $aequilibrium 700 $aLambert$b Pierre$4auth$0172894 702 $aMastrangeli$b Massimo$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367751503321 996 $aMicroscale Surface Tension and Its Applications$93022590 997 $aUNINA