Transport triggered architectures (TTAs) form a class of architectures which are programmed by specifying data transports between function units. As side effect of these data transports these function units perform operations. Making these data transports visible at the architectural level contributes to the flexibility and scalability of processors. Furthermore it enables several extra code sc...

A novel, integrated micromechanical actuator based on the principle of undulatory fish locomotion and intended for efficient on-chip cooling or venting applications is conceived and designed for an aluminum nitride-based thin-film technology applying coupled piezoelectric, mechanical, and fluidic analyses. The results of the investigations prove that an undulatory motion of the fin-like micro-f...

Self-Driving Fluidic Micro-Processors In article number 2200017, Milad Abolhasani and co-workers present a self-driving lab using artificial intelligence-guided fluidic blocks for accelerated fundamental applied studies of emerging clean energy materials. Autonomous doping metal halide perovskite quantum dots is demonstrated as material testbed this lab.

Introduction Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) has existed as a technical field since the early 1980’s. Past research has primarily focused on developing new process technologies to support specific applications. As stable process technologies have emerged, many research efforts have shifted towards the design of systems containing hundreds or even thousands of mixeddomain components. As a ...

We present a new method for fabricating three-dimensional paper-based fluidic devices that uses toner as a thermal adhesive to bond multiple layers of patterned paper together. The fabrication process is rapid, involves minimal equipment (a laser printer and a laminator) and produces complex channel networks with dimensions down to 1 mm. The devices can run multiple diagnostic assays on one or ...

The Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) is a linear-concentrating solar thermal energy system currently in the prototype stage at the Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley, NSW. A system-level thermo-fluidic model for the CLFR has been developed in order to predict steady-state operating conditions, required pumping power and pressure, mass transfer around the system and likely startup...

The problem for consistency between linear transports along paths and real bundle metrics in real vector bundles is stated. Necessary and/or sufficient conditions, as well as conditions for existence, for such consistency are derived. All metrics (resp. transports) consistent with a given transport (resp. metric) are explicitly obtained. The special case of linear transports, generated by deriv...

The axiomatic approach to parallel transport theory is partially discussed. Bijective correspondences between the sets of connections, (axiomatically defined) parallel transports and transports along paths satisfying some additional conditions are constructed. In particular, the equivalence between the concepts “connection” and “(axiomatically defined) parallel transport” is established. Some r...

In this paper, we emphasize our long series of experiments proving that the physical processes along fluid interfaces can be exploited for creating unusual fluidic objects. We report for the first time a couple of new fluidic objects so-called “liquid onions” and “mayonnaise” droplets. The study starts from the observation of antibubbles, exhibiting unstable liquid–air–liquid interfaces. We sho...