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Massimo Mastrangeli
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A Study of Yield Predictions for a Model of Homogeneous Self-Assembling Components
Self-assembly of homogeneous components has the advantage of being a decentralised and highly parallel method for assembling multiple target structures, and is ideal for effective large-scale manufacturing. Yet assembly yield may be negatively affected by ...
2015Foil-to-Foil System Integration Through Capillary Self-Alignment Directed by Laser Patterning
This paper introduces a new integration technology for cost-effective high-precision mechanical and electrical integration of mesoscopic functional foil components onto foil substrates. The foil-to-foil assembly process is based on topological surface stru ...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2015Mesoscopic self-assembly: A shift to complexity
By focusing on the construction of thermodynamically stable structures, the self-assembly of mesoscopic systems has proven capable of formidable achievements in the bottom-up engineering of micro- and nanosystems. Yet, inspired by an analogous evolution in ...
2015The Fluid Joint: The Soft Spot of Micro- and Nanosystems
Fluid bridges are ubiquitous soft structures of finite size that conform to and link the surfaces of neighboring objects. Fluid joints, the specific type of fluid bridge with at least one extremity constrained laterally, display even more pronounced reacti ...
2015In-Plane Mode Dynamics of Capillary Self-Alignment
Massimo Mastrangeli, Pierre Lambert
We present an experimental study of the complete in-plane dynamics of capillary self-alignment. The two translational (shift) and single rotational (twist) in-plane modes of square millimetric transparent dies bridged to shape-matching receptor sites throu ...
American Chemical Society2014Automated Real-Time Control of Fluidic Self-Assembly of Microparticles
Jürgen Brugger, Alcherio Martinoli, Massimo Mastrangeli, Felix Stephan Schill, Helmut Knapp
Self-assembly is a key coordination mechanism for large multi-unit systems and a powerful bottom-up technology for micro/nanofabrication. Controlled self-assembly and dynamic reconfiguration of large ensembles of microscopic particles can effectively bridg ...
2014Three-dimensional polymeric microtiles for optically-tracked fluidic self-assembly
Jürgen Brugger, Alcherio Martinoli, Massimo Mastrangeli
Self-assembly (SA) is a bio-inspired key coordination mechanism for swarms of intelligent agents as well as a pervasive bottom-up methodology for the fabrication of heterogeneous micro- and nanosystems. Analytical studies of SA at small scales are therefor ...
Elsevier2014Inkjet Printing of High Aspect Ratio Superparamagnetic SU-8 Microstructures with Preferential Magnetic Directions
Jürgen Brugger, Massimo Mastrangeli, Christofer Hierold, Mouhamad Ali Freidy, Victor Javier Cadarso Busto, Rosario Maurizio Gullo, Loïc Jacot-Descombes
Structuring SU-8 based superparamagnetic polymer composite (SPMPC) containing Fe3O4 nanoparticles by photolithography is limited in thickness due to light absorption by the nanoparticles. Hence, obtaining thicker structures requires alternative processing ...
MDPI2014Inkjet printed superparamagnetic polymer composite hemispheres with programmed magnetic anisotropy
Jürgen Brugger, Massimo Mastrangeli, Christofer Hierold, Victor Javier Cadarso Busto, Rosario Maurizio Gullo, Loïc Jacot-Descombes, Berna Ayse Özkale Edelmann
We present the fabrication and characterization of large arrays of inkjet-printed superparamagnetic polymer composite (SPMPC) hemispherical microstructures. SPMPCs are appealing for applications in microsystems and nanorobotics due to the added functionali ...
Royal Soc Chemistry2014Shift Dynamics of Capillary Self-Alignment
This paper describes the dynamics of capillary self-alignment of components with initial shift offsets from matching receptor sites. The analysis of the full uniaxial self-alignment dynamics of foil-based mesoscopic dies from pre-alignment to final settlin ...
Springer2014