{"product_id":"microscale-surface-tension-and-its-applications-paperback-1","title":"Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applications - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e (Guest Editor), \u003cb\u003eMassimo Mastrangeli\u003c\/b\u003e (Guest Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to the development of soft\/fluidic microrobotics. Benefiting from scaling laws, surface tension and capillary effects can enable sensing, actuation, adhesion, confinement, compliance, and other structural and functional properties necessary in micro- and nanosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVarious applications are under development: microfluidic and lab-on-chip devices, soft gripping and manipulation of particles, colloidal and interfacial assemblies, fluidic\/droplet mechatronics. The capillary action is ubiquitous in drops, bubbles and menisci, opening a broad spectrum of technological solutions and scientific investigations. Identified grand challenges to the establishment of fluidic microrobotics include mastering the dynamics of capillary effects, controlling the hysteresis arising from wetting and evaporation, improving the dispensing and handling of tiny droplets, and developing a mechatronic approach for the control and programming of surface tension effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this Special Issue of Micromachines, we invite contributions covering all aspects of microscale engineering relying on surface tension. Particularly, we welcome contributions on fundamentals or applications related to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drop-botics: fluidic or surface tension-based micro\/nanorobotics: capillary manipulation, gripping, and actuation, sensing, folding, propulsion and bio-inspired solutions;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Control of surface tension effects: surface tension gradients, active surfactants, thermocapillarity, electrowetting, elastocapillarity;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Handling of droplets, bubbles and liquid bridges: dispensing, confinement, displacement, stretching, rupture, evaporation;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Capillary forces: modelling, measurement, simulation;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Interfacial engineering: smart liquids, surface treatments;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Interfacial fluidic and capillary assembly of colloids and devices;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Biological applications of surface tension, including lab-on-chip and organ-on-chip systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47390809850105,"sku":"9783039215645","price":73.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/T2VrTEo1YUFZNU1TejY4b25SQ2JCUT09_d2e08d45-8d95-4a9f-89e0-53cddb4a1b72.webp?v=1770225916","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/microscale-surface-tension-and-its-applications-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}