TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lambert, Pierre
AU  - Mastrangeli, Massimo
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.3390/books978-3-03921-565-2
ID  - OAPEN ID: 42707
KW  - electrodynamic screen
KW  - soft tissue
KW  - microstructure
KW  - mist capillary self-alignment
KW  - droplet
KW  - lab-on-a-chip
KW  - mixing
KW  - nanoprecipitation
KW  - asymmetric surfaces
KW  - gecko setae
KW  - oil-water interface
KW  - non-invasive control
KW  - self-cleaning surface
KW  - corrosive resistance
KW  - micropipette-technique
KW  - hydrophobic
KW  - wettability gradient
KW  - lung-surfactants
KW  - hydrophilic
KW  - dynamic
KW  - vibrations
KW  - superhydrophobic
KW  - microasssembly
KW  - adsorption
KW  - wetting
KW  - photochemical reaction
KW  - contact line oscillation
KW  - 355 nm UV laser
KW  - capillary
KW  - computational fluid dynamics
KW  - bearing
KW  - solutal Marangoni effect
KW  - relaxation oscillations
KW  - superhydrophilic
KW  - microtexture melting
KW  - rigid gas permeable contact lenses
KW  - hydrophilic/superhydrophobic patterned surfaces
KW  - polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replication
KW  - microfabrication
KW  - actuation
KW  - droplet transport
KW  - “droplet-interface-bilayers”
KW  - microfluidics
KW  - electrosurgical scalpels
KW  - continuous-flow reactor
KW  - air-water surface
KW  - micromanufacturing
KW  - surface treatment
KW  - liquid bridge
KW  - stereolithography
KW  - super-hydrophobic
KW  - two-phase flow
KW  - hot drop
KW  - durable
KW  - insoluble lipids
KW  - anti-sticking
KW  - smart superhydrophobic surface
KW  - droplet manipulation
KW  - “black lipid films”
KW  - condensation
KW  - pick-and-place
KW  - wettability
KW  - gas-microbubbles
KW  - soft robotics
KW  - capillary pressure
KW  - superomniphobic
KW  - self-lubricating slippery surface
KW  - electrowetting
KW  - soluble surfactant
KW  - anisotropic ratchet conveyor
KW  - Nasturtium leaf
KW  - droplets
KW  - photoresponsible surfactant
KW  - two-photon polymerization
KW  - contact angle
KW  - adhesion
KW  - transport
KW  - pick and place
KW  - surface tension
KW  - oil-microdroplets
KW  - micromanipulation
KW  - laser die transfer
KW  - capillary gripper
KW  - equilibrium
L1  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1732
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53440
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
PY  - 2019
SN  - 9783039215652
SN  - 9783039215645
TI  - Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applicationsnull
ER  - 
