Untethered micron-scale mobile robots can navigate and non-invasively perform specific
tasks inside unprecedented and hard-to-reach inner human body sites and inside enclosed …

Spray–wall interaction is an important process encountered in a large number of existing
and emerging technologies and is the underlying phenomenon associated with spray …

Lab-on-a-chip devices leverage microfluidic technologies to enable chemical and biological
processes at small scales. However, existing microfluidic channel networks are typically …

In recent years, solar-driven interfacial desalination (SDID) has emerged as an effective,
environmentally friendly and promising strategy to address the shortage of freshwater …

Liquid–vapor phase change including evaporation, boiling, and condensation is a
ubiquitous process found in power generation, desalination, thermal management, building …

Evaporation of liquid is important in a diverse range of engineering applications, such as ink-
jet printing, pesticide spraying, micro-and nanofabrication, thin-film coatings, biochemical …

Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

Over the past 20 years, there has been considerable progress in the development of
research in the micro-/nanorobotics area. Through major, rapid, investment in the field and …

In recent decades, the integration of microfluidic devices and multiple actuation technologies
at the microscale has greatly contributed to the progress of related fields. In particular …

Solar steam generator (SSG) systems have attracted increasing attention, owing to its simple
manufacturing, material abundance, cost‐effectiveness, and environmentally friendly …