Weinan Liu, Siyan Li, Edmond Chow, Seemesh Bhaskar, Ying Fang, Brian T. Cunningham
{"title":"Photonic Crystal Enhanced Microscopy on a 2D Photonic Crystal Surface","authors":"Weinan Liu, Siyan Li, Edmond Chow, Seemesh Bhaskar, Ying Fang, Brian T. Cunningham","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401837","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Digital-resolution biosensing based on resonant reflection from photonic crystals (PC) has demonstrated significant potential for detection of proteomic and genomic biomarkers in serology, infectious disease diagnostics, and cancer diagnostics. An important intrinsic characteristic of resonant metamaterial surfaces is that enhanced electromagnetic fields are not uniformly distributed, resulting in spatially variable light-matter interactions with nanoparticle tags that signal the presence of biomarker molecules. In this work, the spatial uniformity of resonantly enhanced, surface-confined electromagnetic fields of a 1D PC is compared with a 2D PC with fourfold symmetry. When illuminated with unpolarized light, the simultaneously excited electromagnetic fields of transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes of the 2D PC present equally strong but complementary spatial distribution, leading to a >100% increased average near-field intensity accompanied with a >50% compressed standard deviation compared to the 1D PC. Utilizing Photonic Resonator Absorption Microscopy (PRAM) to experimentally measure the absorption uniformity of ≈80 nm gold nanoparticles distributed upon the PC surface, a >100% improvement of the signal uniformity is observed when using the 2D PC. Overall, improvement in AuNP detection contrast, uniformity, and point spread function is demonstrated by PRAM performed upon a 2D PC surface.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admt.202401837","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sahar Shahali, Farzan Akbaridoust, Adrian Neild, Reza Nosrati
{"title":"Advancements in Microfluidic Technologies for Male Infertility","authors":"Sahar Shahali, Farzan Akbaridoust, Adrian Neild, Reza Nosrati","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401520","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Infertility affects ≈15% of couples worldwide, with ≈45% of these cases involving male factors. Semen analysis and sperm selection are critical and routine steps in achieving successful assisted reproductive outcomes. Conventional methods, which are widely used in clinics, are manual, subjective, time-consuming, and simply not sufficient for the highly complex and multifaceted task of sperm analysis. Recently, microfluidics-based devices, combined with high-resolution microscopy, have offered promising opportunities for evaluating sperm quality, gaining a fundamental understanding of sperm motion, and selection of high-quality sperm. Machine learning (ML) has also introduced automation and standardization in analyzing sperm morphology, intracellular characteristics, and motility. In this review, these state-of-the-art methods are comprehensively discussed and provide directions to address unresolved challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143840738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ink-Bath Interactions in Embedded Ink Writing for Producing Functional Parts","authors":"Cheng Zhang, Weijian Hua, Kurt Juarez, Kellen Mitchell, Wenyu Ning, Weiliang Shi, Jiangtao Hao, Fei Duan, Wenbo Jin, Jun Zhang, Yifei Jin, Danyang Zhao","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401693","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Embedded ink writing (EIW) is an emerging 3D printing technique that is extensively applied for a variety of engineering applications. This technique is featured by printing a liquid functional ink within a yield-stress fluid bath. Due to the selection of ink and bath materials with different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity, diverse ink-bath interactions occur that affect the filament formation in EIW. In this work, the interrelationships between ink-bath interactions and three major physical phenomena (including filament diffusion, shrinkage, and breakage) are experimentally and systematically investigated. Several key parameters, such as interfacial tension between ink and bath materials, ink's elasticity, and bath's yield stress, significantly affect the morphology and/or geometry of as-printed filaments. Based on the obtained knowledge, a functional index finger is printed, which demonstrates a good grasping capability in a robotic hand system.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143638796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Additive Manufacturing of Stretchable Zipping Electrostatic Actuators through Spray Encapsulation of a Frozen Liquid","authors":"Giulio Grasso, Samuel Rosset, Herbert Shea","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401739","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The fabrication of soft fluid-filled systems with mm or sub-mm scale features such as tuneable lenses, microfluidic tactile sensors, and electrohydraulic zipping actuators often relies on manual filling. This final step of injecting fluid limits throughput and repeatability. This study presents an additive manufacturing process to create complex stretchable systems in which the liquid is directly printed as part of the fabrication process. The devices actuate straight out of the printing setup, with no further filling or sealing steps. In our fully printed approach for multi-layered structures, the key steps are the deposition of precisely shaped liquid droplets with sub-µL resolution, followed by their encapsulation using a freezing process to allow printing or spraying over the temporarily solid fluid drops. Printing both the fluid and the structure has advantages of: a) no filing channel, enabling very high fill-factors; b) design freedom as each device in array can be filled with a different volume; c) accuracy in filling. We demonstrate this process by printing arrays of 5 mm diameter stretchable hydraulically amplified taxels (HAXELs), consisting of nine flexible layers, with the working fluid included as part of the printing process.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admt.202401739","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Precision Control of Aerosol Jet Printing for Conformal Electronics Fabrication with Ultra-Fine and Wide-Range Resolution","authors":"Geng Li, Shang Wang, Zhongwei Zhang, Yuxin Sun, Jiayue Wen, Jiayun Feng, Shujun Wang, Qing Sun, Yanhong Tian","doi":"10.1002/admt.202402114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202402114","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aerosol jet printing (AJP) is a cutting-edge additive manufacturing technique, ideal for fabricating conformal electronics due to its extended working distance, simplicity, and environmental sustainability. However, achieving optimal resolution is hindered by complex interactions between aerosol droplets and substrates, as well as the influence of various process parameters. This study focuses on precise AJP control to enable high-resolution conformal electronics fabrication. Through randomized single-factor experiments, the effects of gas flow rates, focusing ratio, and print speed, highlighting the role of back pressure on focusing limits are examined. A computational fluid dynamics model, incorporating accurate particle size data, predicts aerosol stream width to expedite operating window identification. The interaction mechanisms between aerosol droplets and substrates are elucidated, achieving a resolution of 5 µm. A precision manufacturing protocol is developed, ensuring high-quality features with resolutions ranging from 10 to 300 µm across diverse 3D substrates without overspray. The successful integration of a heater, temperature sensor, and display demonstrates AJP's potential for multi-functional conformal electronics.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of High-Quality Single-Crystal AB-Stacked Bilayer Graphene","authors":"Mengya Liu, Xudong Xue, Xiahong Zhou, Shan Liu, Kaifeng Quan, Fengyuan Fan, Yao Zhao, Liping Wang, Gui Yu","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401670","url":null,"abstract":"<p>High-quality single-crystal AB-stacked bilayer graphene (AB-BLG) is highly desired because of its unique electronic properties and potential applications. However, its growth is still unsatisfactory owing to the coexistence of BLG and/or multilayer graphene. Here, high-quality AB-BLG single crystals is synthesized with size of ≈30 µm on liquid Cu by chemical vapor deposition. The morphology and uniformity are characterized by optical micrographs and Raman spectroscopy. The crystal quality is evaluated by transmission electron microscopy, such as selected area electron diffraction and high-resolution imaging. The high-quality graphene layers and morphology can be regulated by tuning the oxidation degree of liquid Cu. Growth mechanism researches show that the small hexagonal graphene layer underneath the large graphene layer, forming an “inverted wedding cake” structure. Meanwhile, growth process studies by carbon isotope labeling technique in conjunction with atomic force microscope image of growth substrates with different oxidation degrees indicated that the roughness of the growth substrate can significantly affect the nucleation and growth of graphene. Appropriate roughness of liquid Cu by tuning the oxidation degree through Ar/O<sub>2</sub> (the Ar/O<sub>2</sub> volume ratio is 95%/5%) annealing and H<sub>2</sub> reduction can weaken the interaction between the top graphene layer and substrate, benefiting the growth of AB-BLG single crystals.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyle Duke, Prakriti Dhungana, Collin Richards, Kyle Preusser, Anthony Romeo, Jose Gonzalez-Garcia, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Pedro Cortes, Frank Li, Byung-Wook Park
{"title":"Label-Free Impedimetric Determination of Cortisol Using Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized Laser-Induced Graphene Interdigitated Electrodes","authors":"Kyle Duke, Prakriti Dhungana, Collin Richards, Kyle Preusser, Anthony Romeo, Jose Gonzalez-Garcia, Bhargavi Mummareddy, Pedro Cortes, Frank Li, Byung-Wook Park","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A gold nanoparticle (AuNP) functionalized laser-induced graphene interdigitated electrode (LIG-IDE) is fabricated for the label-free detection of cortisol. Self-assembled monolayers of 3-Mercaptopropionic acid immobilized on the AuNP functionalized LIG-IDE are activated via carbodiimide chemistry for the binding of the anti-cortisol antibody. The resulting immunosensor is tested for the specific detection of cortisol over the physiologic range (0.1 p<span>m</span>–100 n<span>m</span>) in synthetic human sweat. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is used to measure the change in impedance due to cortisol bonding to the LIG surface. The sensor exhibits a good linear (log(concentration)) fit over the entire concentration range (<i>R</i><sup>2 </sup>= 0.9662) and a LOD of 0.0085 n<span>m</span>. The minimal effect of synethtic sweat shows its potential use in real-world applications. A specificity test against similarly structured molecules demonstrates high affinity toward cortisol. Furthermore, the developed sensor exhibits excellent reproducibility with a 5.93%RSD. Given the simple and facile processability of immunosensors, the developed label-free AuNP functionalized LIG-based biosensing platform shows great promise as an effective and low-cost tool suitable for healthcare monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics, and it can be applied as an immunosensor for other affinity-based biosensors.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admt.202401040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiziana Ritacco, Dimitrios C. Zografopoulos, Silvia Tofani, Romeo Beccherelli, Walter Fuscaldo
{"title":"Time- and Frequency-Domain THz Imaging for the Characterization of Subwavelength Tags in Anticounterfeiting Devices","authors":"Tiziana Ritacco, Dimitrios C. Zografopoulos, Silvia Tofani, Romeo Beccherelli, Walter Fuscaldo","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401799","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hidden tags are robust and efficient security systems for protecting assets but their identification requires nondestructive techniques. Here, a contactless, efficient, terahertz (THz) investigation protocol based on the electromagnetic interaction between THz radiation and materials with subwavelength features is presented. On top of an opaque, lossy dielectric substrate a metal “open tag” is patterned as reference. This contains features that are visible to the naked eye, but subwavelength in the THz range. An identical dielectric substrate is then used to cover the metallic pattern and fabricate a “hidden tag.” Both tags are then scanned using a THz time-domain spectroscope (TDS). The collected spectra are used to evaluate different metrics, which provide valuable pixel-specific information for sample imaging. While the most common imaging techniques are demonstrated to be unsuitable for decoding hidden tags, a thorough study of the THz response allows to determine the best conditions for creating high-resolution images in both time- and frequency-domain. Effective metrics are obtained by isolating the peaks of the signal reflected from the tag or the substrates, or by suitably considering the interaction between the two signals. The proposed method provides a rigorous protocol for the THz imaging of hidden logos in multilayer systems, which can serve as anticounterfeiting tags.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admt.202401799","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CuInP2S6 Heterojunction Based Visible Range Optoelectronic Synapse With Femtojoule Energy Consumption","authors":"Zichen Wang, Jialin Li, Xinyi Fan, Wei Tang, Huanfeng Zhu, Linjun Li","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401589","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The 2D van der Waals material CuInP<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub>, characterized by its memory behavior arising from room-temperature ferroelectricity and Cu<sup>+</sup> ions migration, has emerged as a promising candidate material for artificial synaptic devices. Nevertheless, with a bandgap of 2.7 eV, CIPS-based devices are generally limited to operating in pure electrical mode or under ultraviolet light, making them unsuitable for applications across the entire visible light spectrum. Here, a two-terminal artificial synapse based on CIPS/MoS<sub>2</sub>/graphene heterojunction is constructed. Compared to ion migration or ferroelectricity under high bias voltage, photogating due to charge trapping is identified as the working mechanism under low bias voltage (< 1.5 V), which can respond to the shortest pulse (∼5 ms) and least energy consumption of 1.7 / 6.3 fJ per pulse up to date for CIPS-based synapses. Benefiting from the fading memory effect and nonlinear characteristics in visible light range, handwritten digit recognition based on reservoir computing has achieved an accuracy of 90.43% with four times higher efficiency than directly using an artificial neuron network. This work thus paves the way for constructing CIPS heterostructure for artificial vision and neuromorphic computing systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shanshan Nie, Yi Lian, Hongxing Han, Lei Zhao, Zhifeng Liu
{"title":"Efficient Electrochromic Electrode Materials Based on WO3/Ni(OH)2 with Dual Ion Implantation Modulability and Energy Level Matching","authors":"Shanshan Nie, Yi Lian, Hongxing Han, Lei Zhao, Zhifeng Liu","doi":"10.1002/admt.202401295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401295","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Electrochromic materials have received a lot of attention due to dramatic growth of the smart window market and the demand in various emerging fields. In this study, WO<sub>3</sub>/Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> composite high efficient electrochromic electrode materials are prepared by hydrothermal-annealing and electrodeposition methods. It is observed by experimental characterization that the deposition of Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> on WO<sub>3</sub> rods effectively increased the Li<sup>+</sup> diffusion rate of WO<sub>3</sub> films (2.069 × 10<sup>−10</sup> cm<sup>2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>), which is ≈1.5 times higher than that of pure WO<sub>3</sub> (1.413 × 10<sup>−10</sup> cm<sup>2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>). Meanwhile, WO<sub>3</sub> and Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> have relatively matched energy level structures, showing high overall optical modulation performance. In addition, density functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with electrochemical studies reveal that the injection of double ions can improve the reaction efficiency of the electrodes and promote the redox reaction, which makes the electrochemical reaction more efficient. This paper provides a practical method for designing multi-component electrochromic devices with excellent performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":7292,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Technologies","volume":"10 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}