Artificial neural networks enabled by nanophotonics

Q Zhang, H Yu, M Barbiero, B Wang… - Light: Science & …, 2019 - nature.com
The growing demands of brain science and artificial intelligence create an urgent need for
the development of artificial neural networks (ANNs) that can mimic the structural, functional …

Direct laser writing: Principles and materials for scaffold 3D printing

A Selimis, V Mironov, M Farsari - Microelectronic Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
For a great variety of research fields extending from photonics to tissue engineering
applications, the requests for the construction of three-dimensional structures with high …

Actuation mechanism of microvalves: A review

JY Qian, CW Hou, XJ Li, ZJ Jin - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The microvalve is one of the most important components in microfluidics. With decades of
development, the microvalve has been widely used in many industries such as life science …

Preclinical study of SZ2080 material 3D microstructured scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering made by femtosecond direct laser writing lithography

J Mačiulaitis, M Deveikytė, S Rekštytė… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last decade DLW employing ultrafast pulsed lasers has become a well-established
technique for the creation of custom-made free-form three-dimensional (3D) microscaffolds …

3D microporous scaffolds manufactured via combination of fused filament fabrication and direct laser writing ablation

M Malinauskas, S Rekštytė, L Lukoševičius, S Butkus… - Micromachines, 2014 - mdpi.com
A 3D printing fused filament fabrication (FFF) approach has been implemented for the
creation of microstructures having an internal 3D microstructure geometry. These objects …

Piezoelectric normally open microvalve with multiple valve seat trenches for medical applications

CP Durasiewicz, ST Güntner, PK Maier, W Hölzl… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic systems for medical applications necessitate reliable, wide flow range, and low
leakage microvalves for flow path control. High design complexity of microvalves increases …

Augmentation of direct laser writing fabrication throughput for three-dimensional structures by varying focusing conditions

L Jonušauskas, S Rekštytė… - Optical …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We propose a laser fabrication approach for single monolith structure by varying beam
focusing lenses (NA 1= 1.4 and NA 2= 0.45). With this, we show great improvement of the …

Optical sensor-based process monitoring in additive manufacturing

L Yi, A Shokrani, R Bertolini, U Mutilba, MG Guerra… - Procedia CIRP, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant barrier to the broad adoption of Additive Manufacturing is the lack of quality and
repeatability on the manufactured part. A promising approach to overcome this limitation is …

A Bio‐Functional Wnt3a Gradient Microarray for Cell Niche Studies

X Wang, W Ou, D Feng, B Gao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Wingless/Integrated (Wnt) signaling is a central player in regulating multiple
cellular events ranging from developmental process, adult homeostasis to tumorigenesis. In …

Laser Writing of Block‐Copolymer Images into Mesopores Using SBDC‐Initiated Visible‐Light‐Induced Polymerization

C Förster, R Lehn, EM Saritas… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For miniaturization, as well as for improving artificial nanopore performance, precise local
polymer functionalization and the combination of different functionalities are required …