(Nanowerk Spotlight) Friction is the name given to the force that resists the initiation of sliding motion between two surfaces; it is all around us and it occurs at all length scales. In simple terms: friction is a force that slows things down. In many ...
Weighing a Bacterium - Scientists are using tiny, nanoscale cantilevers 4 micrometers long and 500 nanometers wide-essentially miniature diving boards-as a sensitive way to measure mass.
Today, the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) industry requires mechanical testers that are capable of applying controlled high-resolution forces. Moreover, these mechanical testers need to have a wide range of travel in the case of flexible devices ...
We have previously mentioned the topic of microfluidics within this series of articles. Microfluidics deals with the behavior, precise control, and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically ...
Microfluidics takes a new step – an infinitely reconfigurable, 3D-printed, all-liquid lab on a chip. A team of researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA, USA) has produced an all-liquid 3D-printed “lab on a chip”. They report ...
