The work presented in this manuscript finds its origin in the switch from assembly toward microassembly, which turned out to be not just a matter of size, but required a much deeper insight on physics governing the considered scales. Therefore, it was necessary to get into knowledges which are usually not familiar to mechanical engineers, such as adhesion science. This document is driven by the underlying idea of using surface tension effects in Microsystems, and falls into three parts. The first part positions our contributions with respect to existing literature, mainly topics such as capillary forces (axial vs. lateral capillary forces, statics vs. dynamics, at scales from millimeter to nanometer). The second part describes the experimen...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
Nowadays, the assembly of small (<1mm) components has become an industrial reality. Many domains lik...
The work presented in this manuscript finds its origin in the switch from assembly toward microassem...
La tendance à la miniaturisation des produits n'est pas sans influence sur l'évolution de leurs moye...
La tendance à la miniaturisation des produits n'est pas sans influence sur l'évolution de leurs moye...
This book describes how surface tension effects can be used by engineers to provide mechanical funct...
Building on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to ...
This paper gives a review of existing models used by other authors aiming at modeling micromanipulat...
Developments in micro and nano technology have great potential in many applications. Two application...
Developments in micro and nano technology have great potential in many applications. Two application...
The behavior of microsized objects is governed by surface effects. Reliable interaction models betwe...
Abstract—Because of the low dimensional power of its force scaling law, surface tension is appropria...
International audienceThis paper presents a new actuation mean for a parallel microrobot based on ca...
Abstract—Because of the low dimensional power of its force scaling law, surface tension is appropria...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
Nowadays, the assembly of small (<1mm) components has become an industrial reality. Many domains lik...
The work presented in this manuscript finds its origin in the switch from assembly toward microassem...
La tendance à la miniaturisation des produits n'est pas sans influence sur l'évolution de leurs moye...
La tendance à la miniaturisation des produits n'est pas sans influence sur l'évolution de leurs moye...
This book describes how surface tension effects can be used by engineers to provide mechanical funct...
Building on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to ...
This paper gives a review of existing models used by other authors aiming at modeling micromanipulat...
Developments in micro and nano technology have great potential in many applications. Two application...
Developments in micro and nano technology have great potential in many applications. Two application...
The behavior of microsized objects is governed by surface effects. Reliable interaction models betwe...
Abstract—Because of the low dimensional power of its force scaling law, surface tension is appropria...
International audienceThis paper presents a new actuation mean for a parallel microrobot based on ca...
Abstract—Because of the low dimensional power of its force scaling law, surface tension is appropria...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
Nowadays, the assembly of small (<1mm) components has become an industrial reality. Many domains lik...