Droplet microfluidics generates and manipulates discrete droplets through immiscible
multiphase flows inside microchannels. Due to its remarkable advantages, droplet …

Sensors based on the detection of small resistance variations are universally recognized as
piezoresistive. Being one of the simplest, most common and most investigated classes of …

Drug development is a long process whose main content includes drug synthesis, drug
delivery, and drug evaluation. Compared with conventional drug development procedures …

Following the advancements in microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies, a novel
biomedical application for microfluidic based devices has emerged in recent years and …

The significant advancements within the electronics miniaturization field have shifted the
scientific interest towards a new class of precision devices, namely microelectromechanical …

The transition from old space to new space along with increasing commercialization has a
major impact on space flight, in general, and on electric propulsion (EP) by ion thrusters, in …

Cyclic olefin copolymers (COC) are amorphous, transparent thermoplastics composed of
cyclic olefin monomers (norbornene) and linear olefins (ethene). They are increasingly …

In recent years micropump technology has gained considerable importance and has
become the highlighted area of research particularly for microfluidic applications. The …

Biological molecular motors (or biomolecular motors for short) are nature's solution to the
efficient conversion of chemical energy to mechanical movement. In biological systems …

Polyimides are widely used in the MEMS and flexible electronics fields due to their
combined physicochemical properties, including high thermal stability, mechanical strength …