Glassy Materials Based Microdevices

• Main Author: Righini, Nicoletta (auth)
• Other Authors: Righini, Giancarlo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Energy industries & utilities; enhanced boiling heat transfer; microfluidic devices; thermal insulation; fibers; lab-on-a-chip; precision glass molding; device simulations; spray pyrolysis technique; dielectric materials; detection of small molecules; roughness; direct metal forming; micro-grinding; MEMS; chalcogenide glass; whispering gallery mode; down-shifting; glass; optofluidic microbubble resonator; luminescent materials; filling ratio; 2D colloidal crystal; waveguides; micro-crack propagation; fluid displacement; biosensors; freeform optics; microstructured optical fibers; laser micromachining; polymeric microfluidic flow cytometry; luminescence; frequency conversion; light; micro/nano patterning; resonator; fiber coupling; distributed sensing; severing force; microsphere; alkali cells; microfabrication; hybrid materials; enclosed microstructures; infrared optics; glassy carbon micromold; Ag nanoaggregates; microfluidics; chemical/biological sensing; porous media; atomic spectroscopy; quartz glass; solar energy; diffusion; soft colloidal lithography; groove; compound glass; metallic microstructure; whispering gallery modes; sol-gel; communications; femtosecond laser; optofluidics; europium; aspherical lens; long period grating; optical cells; polymers; lasing; photovoltaics; microresonator; sensing; microspheres; light localization; Yb³⁺ ions; laser materials processing; photonic microdevices; MEMS vapor cells; microtechnology; ultrafast laser micromachining; photon; single-cell protein quantification; strain microsensor; label-free sensor; microdevices; ultrafast laser welding; nuclear fusion; vectorial strain gauge; single-cell analysis; glass molding process
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