Microengines

Folch A and Tomer M. Microengineering of cellular interactions. Annu Rev Biomed Eng, 2000,2,227-256. 

TS-1 zeolite microengineered reactors for 1-pentene epoxidation, Chem. Commun. (2002) 878-879. 

Bioadhesion is an area of research important in the selection of biomaterials (e.g., for implants). It is also critical in the development of the new biofouling coatings. A system for bioadhesion studies was developed, in which silicones with chemically and topologically (microengineered) modified surfaces were evaluated in the studies of the response to such surfaces of a diverse set of organisms.559-561 A new study of micropatterning and surface modification of PDMS to control bioadhesion has been reported.562... 

Joshi PP, Merchant SA, Wang YD, Schmidtke DW (2005). MEMS sensor material based on polypyrrole-carbon nanotube nanocomposite film deposition and characterization. J. Micromech. Microengin. 5 2019-2027. 

Combustion in small volumes has recently become of interest to applications of micropower generation [77-81], micropropulsion [82-94], microengines [95-102], microactuation [103-105], and microfuel reforming for fuel cells... 

A. Stoffel, A. Kovacs, W. Kronast, and B. Miiller. LPCVD against PECVD for micromechanical applications. . Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 6 (1996), 1-13. 

D. Briand, S. Heimgartner, M.A. GretiEat, B. van der School, and N.R de Rooij. Thermal optimization of micro-hotplates that have a silicon island. . Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 12 (2002), 971-978. 

T. Bechthold, E.B. Rudnyi, J.G. Korvink, M. Graf, and A. Hierlemann. Connectingheat transfer macromodels for MEMS-array stmctru es . Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 15 (2005), 1205-1214. 

M. Ehmann, P. Ruther, M. von Arx, and O. Paul. Operation and short term drift of polysUicon-heated CMOS micro structures at temperatrues up to 1200 K , Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 11 (2001), 397-401. 

F. Y. Zhang, A. K. Prasad, and S. G. Advani. Investigation of a copper etching technique to fabricate metallic gas diffusion media. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 16 (2006) N23-N27. 

N. T. Nguyen and S. H. Chan. Micromachined polymer electrolyte membrane and direct methanol fuel cells and mdash a review. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 16 (2006) R1-R12. 

Z. Y. Xiao, G. Z. Yan, C. H. Feng, P. G. H. Ghan, and I. M. Hsing. A silicon-based fuel cell micropower system using a microfabrication technique. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 16 (2006) 2014 2020. 

E.. Schmidt. M.A., Shirley, G., Spearing, S.M..Tan. C.S.,Tzeng, Y.S.and Waitz, LA. (1997) Micro-heat engines, gas turbines and rocket engines - The MIT Microengine Project, paper 97-1773, 28th AlAA Fluid Dynamics Conference. 

Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and UNM/NSF Center for Microengineered Ceramics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA... 

The fast progress in microengineering and semiconductor technology led at the development of microchannels, that Nakajima et al. applied in emulsification technology [12]. 

Keywords Assay Bioactive surface Cell adhesion Cell chip Hydrogel Microengineering Micropattern Peptide Polymer brush Protein adsorption... 

Table 2 Examples for microengineered surfaces for a spatially controlled cell attachment that use proteins as adhesion-mediating component...

Ritzhaupt-Kleissl, H.-J., von Both, H., Dauscher, M. and Knitter, R. (2005) Further ceramic replication techniques, in Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Microengineering of Metals and Ceramics, vol. 4 (eds H. Baltes, O. Brand, G.K. Fedder, C. Hierold, J. Korvink and O. Tabata), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Germany, Chapter 15. 

From the viewpoint of the mechanical characteristics, glass and silicon resemble each other. They have a similar mechanical hardness, are brittle as they lack plasticity and are thus prone to fracture. Of the standard precision engineering procedures available for shaping, only those that do not use a geometrically defined cutter can be used, such as grinding and lapping. Microengineering techniques are much more efficient, but they do prove difficult for deeper structures. 

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