Recent Advances in Meniscus-on-Demand Three-Dimensional Micro- and Nano-printing for Electronics and Photonics

A Review of the Recent Advances and Application of 3D Printing in Pharmacy and Drug Delivery

 Throughout human history, the most valuable inventions have been those that, even decades after their initial introduction, affected the lives of people around the world. 3D printers similar to steam engines, light bulbs, and the World Wide Web are thought to be among the inventions that will revolutionize the future of different industries. This technology is generally introduced as the manuf...

Micro- and Nano-Electronics Group

From Nano to Micro: Nanostructured Titania/PLGA Orthopedic Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Assembled by Three-Dimensional Printing

A successful synthetic tissue engineering scaffold requires a hierarchical internal structure with interconnecting pores for nutrition transportation, cell infiltration and vascularization as well as nanoscale surface features favorable for cell attachment and long-term functions. However, traditionally, fabricating macro-scale scaffolds in a defined manner from nano-scale constituents has prov...

Three?Dimensional Nanostructures for Photonics

Recent progress in direct laser writing of three-dimensional (3D) polymer nanostructures for photonics is reviewed. This technology has reached a level of maturity at which it can be considered as the 3D analogue of planar electron-beam lithography. Combined with atomic-layer deposition and/or chemical-vapor deposition of dielectrics—the 3D analogues of planar evaporation technologies, the 3D p...

Silicon Photonics — Recent Advances in Device Development

31.1 Silicon Photonics Fundamentals 31.1.1 A historical perspective 30.1.2 Silicon waveguide 30.2 Coupling Light to Silicon Waveguides 30.2.1 Problem of external coupling 30.2.2 Nonvertical taper (NVT) 30.2.3 Grating coupler 30.2.4 Nanotaper 30.3 Resonant Structures 30.3.1 Principle of directional coupling 30.3.2 Mach-Zehnder interferometers 30.3.3 Ring Resonators 30.4 Modulation of Optical Sig...