{"title":"Novel algae guiding system to robotize algae cells","authors":"N. Jiao, Lianqing Liu, Shuangxi Xie, S. Tung","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824669","url":null,"abstract":"Algae cells with natural advantages of sensing and moving at micro scale can be regarded as microrobots. While it is difficult to control the locomotion or harness the bioenergy of the cells. This study develops a novel algae guiding system to robotize the algae cell Chlamydomonas reinhardtii based on the phototaxis. Algae cells' swimming trajectory, speed and force were analyzed. Furthermore, the algae cell could be controlled to swim back and forth, and traverse a crossroad as microrobot obeying a man-made rule. Finally, we successfully controlled the motile algae cells to transport microscale loads by the algae guiding system. The robotized algae cells were expected to function in micro assembly and bring significant breakthrough in bioactuation.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122556985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuelin Zhao, Daming Zhou, Helei Wei, Deqiang Wang, H. Cui
{"title":"Solid-state nanopores fabricated by pulse-controlled dielectric breakdown","authors":"Yuelin Zhao, Daming Zhou, Helei Wei, Deqiang Wang, H. Cui","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824967","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes a promising technique to fabricate individual solid-state nanopores directly on dielectric membranes by using adjustable pulses controlled dielectric breakdown in electrolyte. The pulse parameters are adjustable with the running of fabrication process, which is suitable for various thickness and material of the membrane and control precision with sub-nanometer. Moreover, double-stranded DNA translocations through the reliable nanopores fabricated in this manner were successfully demonstrated, exhibiting excellent electrical signals and long DNA translocation times with high signal-to-noise ratio. This economical and timesaving method shows enormous promise for the manufacturing of future nanopore-based technologies and lays the foundation for future research in the field of single molecule detection.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121103132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Terahertz waveplate based metamaterial","authors":"Ziyin Zhang, Hongliang Cui, Liang-ping Xia, Xinqun Zhang, Xin Zhang, Dongshan Wei, Chun-lei Du","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824977","url":null,"abstract":"To transfer source polarization state in the terahertz time-domain spectrum (THz-TDS) system, the metamaterial constituted by the array of anisotropic metallic circle split ring structure is proposed. With the anisotropism of this structure, the different resonant is excited, which cause the different equivalent refractive index and different transmission phase in the orthogonal directions. The anisotropic property is analyzed with simulations and the device is fabricated. The measured result reveals that the Quasi-1/4 terahertz wave plate is realized with the metamaterial at 0.34THz.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129435063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy as a powerful tool for characterization of laser modified composite materials","authors":"Y. Zheng, H. Seifert, P. Smyrek, Wilhelm Pfleging","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824954","url":null,"abstract":"Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied in order to investigate the elemental composition in laser modified battery materials. In a first approach, thick film electrodes — all incorporating the same active material (lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (Li(Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3)O2, NMC)) — were manufactured using the tape-casting technique. In a further approach, femtosecond (fs) laser radiation was used for the generation of three dimensional (3D) micro-structures. 3D micro-grids were successfully implemented into thick film electrodes applying a fs-laser wavelength of 515 nm. The electrochemical performance in lithium-ion cells with untreated and laser-modified NMC electrodes was determined by galvanostatic cycling at high charging- and discharging currents. Finally, LIBS was used as a powerful characterization tool in order to investigate the change in lithium distribution after electrochemical cycling at different State-of-Health. Evaluation of lithium distribution will be used to analyze degradation mechanisms and to find the most appropriate 3D electrode architecture. For this purpose, results of electrochemical cycling and LIBS measurements of untreated and laser-structured NMC thick films have to be correlated.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122391085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy logic based intention recognition in STS processes","authors":"Hang Lu, Dayou Li, Renxi Qiu","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824947","url":null,"abstract":"This paper represents a fuzzy logic based classifier that is able to recognise human users' intention of standing up from their behaviours in terms of the force they apply to the ground. The research reported focused on the selection of meaningful input data to the classifier and on the determination of fuzzy sets that best represent the intention information hidden in the force data. The classifier is a component of a robot chair which provides the users with assistance to stand up based on the recognised intention by the classifier.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130388082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Xing, Hui Xu, Jiwei Li, Wei Wang, Haijun Liu, Qingjiang Li
{"title":"Practical considerations of read-out circuits for passive, multi-level ReRAM arrays","authors":"J. Xing, Hui Xu, Jiwei Li, Wei Wang, Haijun Liu, Qingjiang Li","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824929","url":null,"abstract":"ReRAM is emerging as a potential replacement candidate for post-Moore flash memory, while the sneak-path problem may hinder the possible applications in multi-level storages. The paper presents two proper sneak-path mitigation bias schemes (PD-read scheme and TIA-read scheme) for the multi-level read-out applications, and focus on the understanding of the effect of ADC misread that limits the multi-level read-out performance. The detail theoretical deduction of the read-out performance degradation induced by the ADC misread is present. A verified hardware system is built. The experimental results show that both the read-out schemes can measure precisely the resistance of linear resistors ranging from IΩ to 1MΩ. TIA — read scheme is more tolerant for the ADC misread than PD-read scheme, thus be more suitable as the multi-level read-out scheme.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130475034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental study on the oxide film of 1060 aluminum by using WEDM-HS","authors":"Dongjie Cheng, G. Shi, G. Shi, Zhenguo Xu, K. Zhu","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824962","url":null,"abstract":"In order to study the oxide film of 1060 aluminum (Al) by using high-speed wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM-HS), XRD, SEM and Marr profile measuring instrument were used to observe the oxide film on the surface of the phase composition, surface morphology and roughness. The results have shown that under the conditions of this test, by using WEDM-HS machining 1060Al, the oxide film on the surface is formed Al2O3 phase. And gradually decreasing the pulse width, the phase composition of the oxide film will not change. Morphology of the oxide film on the surface is made up of micron order of magnitude of the honeycomb holes. Roughness on the surface of the oxide film gradually decreases.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132016316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research on common path OCT system's light source and interferometer module","authors":"Yanjun Li, Pengwei Wang, Yanwei Liu, Chengzhi Li","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824953","url":null,"abstract":"Optical light source is one of the most important factors of the common path optical coherence tomography (CPOCT) system. Not only the bandwidth of the light source determines the axis resolution of the CPOCT, the central wavelength of the light source also determines the measurement depth of the bio-sample. Generally speaking, the most important issue of selecting the light source of CPOCT is the following three factors: near infrared light, high irradiation and low coherence. Furthermore, in order to get the CPOCT signal, the optical path difference (OPD) of the reference arm and the signal arm should equal to zero. Compared with the traditional OCT system, the reference arm and the signal arm of the common path interferometer module INT-COM-1300 are exactly symmetrical, which overcomes the disadvantage of the traditional OCT system's separation structure of the reference arm and the signal arm. Based on this compact common path structure, the influence of the outside environment such as vibration and temperature change is greatly decreased and the volume of the CPOCT system is reduced.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132059027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of micro-groove size on the hydrophobicity of aluminum surface","authors":"Yanling Wan, B. Dong, Lining Xu, Jinkai Xu, Huadong Yu, Zhanjiang Yu","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824924","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the micro-groove structure is designed on the surface of aluminum alloy by high speed wire cutting discharge machine (HS-WEDM). A multi-scale surface with micro structure was fabricated by this method. The paper design a series different groove spacing, groove depth and groove width and orthogonal design was using to analyze the relationship between the size of micro structure and the wettability of materials. The results show that the effect of the groove width on surface wettability is maximum, When the the groove spacing is 300μm, the groove depth is 100μm and the width of the groove is 230μm, the contact angle of the material surface is maximum, which is 155.98°. After observing the surface, it is can be known that the existence of groove structure can reduce the droplet and solid surface contact area greatly. In addition, these grooves sealed a plenty of air to increase the contact area of the droplet and the air that the solid surface are difficult to be wetted by droplets. It is feasible that realizing the change of the surface wettability by using optical combination.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128752326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Nikolov, V. Kotev, K. Kostadinov, F. Wang, C. Liang, Y. Tian
{"title":"Model-based design optimization of soft fiber-reinforced bending actuators","authors":"S. Nikolov, V. Kotev, K. Kostadinov, F. Wang, C. Liang, Y. Tian","doi":"10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/3M-NANO.2016.7824949","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an analytical model for soft fiber-reinforced bending actuators consisting of a single air chamber made of elastomeric material and reinforced with an inextensible fiber winding. The model explicitly links the input pressure applied to the actuator to the resulting bending angle in free space and to the contact force when the actuator tip is in contact with an external rigid obstacle. The model predictions are compared to available experimental data for hemi-circular actuator with uniform wall thicknesses. The validated model is then used for design optimization of actuator's wall thicknesses which represent key geometric parameters. The model predicts that for a fixed air chamber radius, actuator with optimized wall thicknesses requires about 48 % lower input pressure to achieve a prescribed bending angle compared to non-optimized actuator with uniform wall thicknesses. In addition, the optimized actuator generates about 18 % stronger contact force between the distal tip and a rigid obstacle compared to the contact force generated by actuator with uniform wall thicknesses.","PeriodicalId":273846,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128213714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}