Microneedles for drug and vaccine delivery

YC Kim, JH Park, MR Prausnitz - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Microneedles were first conceptualized for drug delivery many decades ago, but only
became the subject of significant research starting in the mid-1990's when microfabrication …

Post processing methods used to improve surface finish of products which are manufactured by additive manufacturing technologies: a review

NN Kumbhar, AV Mulay - Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes open the possibility to go directly from
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to a physical prototype. These prototypes are used as test …

Laser beam micromachining (LBMM)–a review

S Mishra, V Yadava - Optics and lasers in engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of short and ultrashort laser pulses for micromachining application is an emerging
technology. Laser Beam MicroMachining (LBMM) has revolutionized many industries by …

[HTML][HTML] Lithography-based methods to manufacture biomaterials at small scales

KTM Tran, TD Nguyen - Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Along with the search for new therapeutic agents, advanced formulation and fabrication of
drug carriers are required for better targeting, sensing, and responding to environmental …

Metal microneedle fabrication using twisted light with spin

T Omatsu, K Chujo, K Miyamoto, M Okida… - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Microneedle fabrication on a metal surface based on laser ablation using twisted light with
spin was demonstrated, for the first time. The resulting needle showed a height of at least 10 …

Optical-vortex laser ablation

J Hamazaki, R Morita, K Chujo, Y Kobayashi… - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Laser ablation of Ta plates using nanosecond optical vortex pulses was carried out, for the
first time. It was suggested that owing to orbital angular momentum of optical vortex, clearer …

Three-dimensional hole drilling of silica glass from the rear surface with femtosecond laser pulses

Y Li, K Itoh, W Watanabe, K Yamada, D Kuroda… - Optics letters, 2001 - opg.optica.org
By moving silica glass in a preprogrammed structure, we directly produced three-
dimensional holes with femtosecond laser pulses in single step. When distilled water was …

A solid polymer microneedle patch pretreatment enhances the permeation of drug molecules into the skin

QY Li, JN Zhang, BZ Chen, QL Wang, XD Guo - Rsc Advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid microneedles (MNs) for skin pretreatment have attracted considerable attention in
recent years due to their ability to increase skin permeability. There are several approved …

Laser 3D micro-manufacturing

A Piqué, RCY Auyeung, H Kim… - Journal of physics D …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-based materials processing techniques are gaining widespread use in micro-
manufacturing applications. The use of laser microfabrication techniques enables the …

Guidelines for closing the efficiency gap between hero solar cells and roll‐to‐roll printed modules

L Lucera, P Kubis, FW Fecher, C Bronnbauer… - Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
One of the biggest challenges for the commercialization of polymer‐based and other printed
photovoltaic (PV) technologies is to establish reliable up‐scaling processes that minimize …