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Feature Papers of Micromachines in 'Engineering and Technology' 2023
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Special Issue "Feature Papers of Micromachines in 'Engineering and Technology' 2023"

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023 | Viewed by 2471

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Prof. Dr. Stephen Edward Saddow

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Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ENB118, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Interests: SiC; neural interfaces; SiC MEMS; biotechnology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Special Issue entitled “Feature Papers of Micromachines in Engineering and Technology 2023”. In recent years, we have cooperated with many excellent scholars/scientific groups and published several very important high-level works that have already received numerous citations according to Web of Science data. We aim to introduce new insights into the scientific developments and cutting-edge technology related to micromachines in the engineering and technology fields, which will make a great contribution to the community.

This Special Issue will be a collection of high-quality papers by outstanding scholars from around the world. Both original research articles and comprehensive review papers are welcome. The papers will be published with full open access after peer review to benefit both authors and readers.

You are welcome to send short proposals for submissions of Feature Papers to our Editorial Office (miska.guo@mdpi.com) before submission. These will undergo a preliminary evaluation by our Editors. Please note that selected full papers will still be subject to a thorough and rigorous peer review.

We look forward to receiving your excellent work.

Prof. Dr. Stephen Edward Saddow
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Micromachines is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • micro/nano fabrication and manufacturing
  • design and optimization principles of micro- and nanosystems
  • micro-nanosystems and advanced technologies for engineering applications
  • electronic system (including electrical circuits & devices, transistors, capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes, insulators and conductors) engineering

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Creating Stretchable Electronics from Dual Layer Flex-PCB for Soft Robotic Cardiac Mapping Catheters
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Abdellatif Ait Lahcen
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Alexandre Caprio
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Weihow Hsue
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Cory Tschabrunn
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Christopher Liu
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Bobak Mosadegh
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Simon Dunham
Micromachines 2023, 14(4), 884; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14040884 - 20 Apr 2023
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The authors present in this study the development of a novel method for creating stretchable electronics from dual-layer flex printed circuit boards (flex-PCBs) as a platform for soft robotic sensor arrays (SRSAs) for cardiac voltage mapping applications. There is a crucial need for [...] Read more.
The authors present in this study the development of a novel method for creating stretchable electronics from dual-layer flex printed circuit boards (flex-PCBs) as a platform for soft robotic sensor arrays (SRSAs) for cardiac voltage mapping applications. There is a crucial need for devices that utilize multiple sensors and provide high performance signal acquisition for cardiac mapping. Previously, our group demonstrated how single-layer flex-PCB can be postprocessed to create a stretchable electronic sensing array. In this work, a detailed fabrication process for creating a dual-layer multielectrode flex-PCB SRSA is presented, along with relevant parameters to achieve optimal postprocessing with a laser cutter. The dual-layer flex-PCB SRSA’s ability to acquire electrical signals is demonstrated both in vitro as well as in vivo on a Leporine cardiac surface. These SRSAs could be extended into full-chamber cardiac mapping catheter applications. Our results show a significant contribution towards the scalable use of dual-layer flex-PCB for stretchable electronics. Full article
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On-Line Fluorescence Microscopy for Identification and Imaging of Apoptotic Cell with Synchrotron-Based Soft X-ray Tomography
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Chao Zhang
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Zhao Wu
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Zheng Dang
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Lijiao Tian
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Yong Guan
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Gang Liu
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Yangchao Tian
Micromachines 2023, 14(2), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14020326 - 27 Jan 2023
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Synchrotron-based soft X-ray tomography (SXT), providing three-dimensional morphology and quantitative distribution of linear absorption coefficient (LAC) of the imaged objects, is widely used in many fields to obtain ultra-structure images, especially in cellular imaging. Off-line fluorescence microscopies (FMs) are combined to identify the [...] Read more.
Synchrotron-based soft X-ray tomography (SXT), providing three-dimensional morphology and quantitative distribution of linear absorption coefficient (LAC) of the imaged objects, is widely used in many fields to obtain ultra-structure images, especially in cellular imaging. Off-line fluorescence microscopies (FMs) are combined to identify the type of organelles and status of cells. However, deformation and displacement usually occur during the transfer and loading process, which decreases the precision of two-modal images’ registration. In this paper, we report on an on-line FM, at the SXT station (BL07W) of the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), which avoids deformation and displacement. Therefore, researchers can easily find the sample and take the useful data without tedious post-processing. Combining SXT with on-line FM, we achieved the identification and high-resolution imaging of an apoptotic cell. The experiments revealed that the LAC of the nucleus of the apoptotic cell was larger than that of a normal cell, which could be explained by nucleus pyknosis of the apoptotic cell. Full article
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