The purpose of this review article is to reflect the emerging importance of Nanotechnology with emphasis on nanoparticles with a current research of scientific interest in biomedical, pharmaceutical, optical, biosensors, and electronic areas. In this article, a general overview of classification of nanoparticles such as 1D, 2D and 3D structures of organic and inorganic molecules exhibiting a wi...

C-C. Cheng, C-J. Juan, H-W. Chung, Y-M. Jen, S-C. Chiu, H-C. Chang, H-C. Chiu, C-H. Hsu, G-S. Huang, and C-Y. Chen Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Applied Science Labo...

Microfluidic biochips are becoming more and more popular in biomedical laboratory and also industry. Different from the continuous-flow microfluidic systems, a new generation of microfluidic biochips, referred to as digital microfluidic chips, has evolved over time and it offers advantages such as on-line reconfiguration and fault-tolerant operation. The principles behind the digital microfluid...

The human body is soft, curvilinear, and continuously evolving;modernelectronicdevicesare rigid,planar, and physically static. Recent research has yielded a complete setofadvancedmaterials,manufacturingapproaches,and design layouts that eliminates this profoundmismatch in properties.Theresultingdevicescan intimately integrate onto or into the humanbody for diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical f...

Optical systems are becoming increasingly important by resolving many bottlenecks in today’s communication, electronics, and biomedical systems. However, given the continuous nature of optics, the inability to efficiently analyze optical system models using traditional paper-and-pencil and computer simulation approaches sets limits especially in safety-critical applications. In order to overcom...

A new forcefield model was developed for the computer simulation of phosphate materials that have many important applications in the electronics and biomedical industries. The model provides a fundamental basis for the evaluation of phosphate glass structure and thermodynamics. Molecular dynamics simulations of a series of lithium phosphate glass compositions were performed using the forcefield...

It is shown that thermal flow sensors are characterized by high structural and technological compatibility with biomedical equipment and, compared to other types of sensors, they most fully meet the requirements for this equipment. The developed signal converters modern energy-saving low-voltage electronics (unipolar 3V power supply), provide a negligible effect on environment implemented lates...

Medical tapes and dressings are commonly used in hospitals to cover wounds and secure dressings or devices on patients’ skin. Repeated application and removal of medical adhesives may result in trauma to skin causing severe patient discomfort as well as expensive interventions. In this paper I will describe a new silicone-based medical adhesive that was designed to be gentle to sensitive skin w...

INTRODUCTION The Argus II retinal prosthesis is composed of an epiretinal electrode array positioned over the macula and connected to an extrascleral electronics case via a silicone cable, running through a sclerotomy. During implantation, the manufacturer recommends to cover the sclerotomy site with a patch of processed human pericardium to prevent postoperative hypotony and conjunctival erosi...