Additive manufacturing (AM) is gaining traction in the manufacturing industry for the
fabrication of components with complex geometries using a variety of materials. Selective …

Recent innovations in the area of micro-and nanofabrication have created a unique
opportunity for patterning surfaces with features with lateral dimensions spanning over the …

Thermally conductive, robust, but self-healable polymer/carbon nanocomposites are the
research focus in functional materials. However, the trade-off between molecular interaction …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is nearly ubiquitous in microfluidic devices, being easy to
work with, economical, and transparent. A detailed protocol is provided here for using PDMS …

The miniaturization of electro-mechanical devices, and the resulting need for micro-power
generation (milliwatts to watts) with low weight, long life devices, has lead to the recent …

This review provides a survey of lithography techniques and the resist materials employed
with these techniques. The first part focuses on the conventional lithography methods used …

High aspect-ratio (HAR) micropillar arrays have many interesting and technologically
important applications. Their properties, such as large mechanical compliance, large surface …

Polymeric nanostructures with high aspect ratios, so-called nanopillars, are of interest for a
wide range of applications. However, it remains a challenge to fabricate high-density …

The present invention includes device, system, method of using and making a microneedle
array including the steps of forming one or more pins on a Substrate, depositing one or more …

Non-wetting super-hydrophobic or super-lyophobic surfaces are of great interest in a variety
of applications. Natural water repelling surfaces show micro-/nano-combined hierarchical …