Surface tension-driven self-alignment

M Mastrangeli, Q Zhou, V Sariola, P Lambert - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
… , the surface engineering and manufacturing technology enabling capillary self-alignment
has … , material science and applications of capillary self-alignment is presented. Statics and …

Surface tension-driven self-alignment of microchips on low-precision receptors

I Routa, B Chang, A Shah… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… This paper investigated surface tension driven selfalignment on low-precision receptors
using water as alignment medium. Three types of low-precision receptors were studied: …

Surface-tension-driven self-alignment of microchips on black-silicon-based hybrid template in ambient air

A Shah, B Chang, S Suihkonen, Q Zhou… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… and allows massively parallel handling and self-alignment of microcomponents [5], [19], [20]…
process in surface-tension-driven self-alignment [7]. In surface-tensiondriven self-alignment, …

Surface tension-driven self-assembly

M Mastrangeli - Surface Tension in Microsystems: Engineering Below …, 2013 - Springer
surfaces, (ii) self-alignment arising from a combination of capillarity and geometrical
shape-matching, and (iii) the favorable downscaling of surface … SA and self-alignment in precision …

Hybrid microassembly with surface tension driven self-alignment: handling strategies and micro-fabricated patterns

B Chang - 2013 - aaltodoc.aalto.fi
… unit per hour, and the surface tension driven self-alignment occurred subsequently after the
… than the self-alignment duration, the surface-tension driven self-alignment continued acting …

Microrobotic assembly of shape-customized three-dimensional microtissues based on surface tension driven self-alignment

H Wang, J Li, J Cui, Q Shi, Z Zheng… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… We focus on the optimization of the driving force for both the accurate selfalignment and the
… optimal designs for self-alignment in surface tension driven micro-assembly,” in Proc. IEEE …

Electrostatic attraction and surface-tension-driven forces for accurate self-assembly of microparts

J Dalin, J Wilde, A Zulfiqar, P Lazarou… - Microelectronic …, 2010 - Elsevier
… is being considered, the viscosity of the lubricant does not only retard the movement
horizontally to the surface during the self-alignment procedure, but also perpendicularly to the …

Towards optimal designs for self-alignment in surface tension driven micro-assembly

SH Liang, X Xiong, KF Bohringer - 17th IEEE International …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… part designs and study their behavior during a surface tension driven self-assembly process.
Matching … to understand and optimize surface tension driven self-assembling microsystems. …

Surface-tension-driven multi-chip self-alignment techniques for heterogeneous 3D integration

F Sun, Y Leblebici… - 2011 IEEE 61st Electronic …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surface-tension-driven self-alignment (SA) is a promising technique for heterogeneous
die-level stacking. Multiple dies can be manipulated in parallel at minimal cost. A defined …

Numerical studies on micropart self-alignment using surface tension forces

C Lin, F Tseng, HC Kan, CC Chieng - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2009 - Springer
… and parts are governed by electrostatic forces, van der Waals force or surface tension. Surface
tension-driven stochastic self-assembly in the liquid phase has been proven to achieve a …