This work is related to the micromanipulation issue, defined as the manipulation of objects sized between 1 micron and 1 mm. The behaviour of these objects is strongly disturbed by adhesion and surface forces and their manipulation are complex and not repeatable. We demonstrate that these forces are reduced when artificial micro-objects, usually used in air or vacuum, are submerged in water. In this context, we propose an original principle of submerged phase changing micromanipulation. The micro-object is handled by an ice microvolume created in water, and released thawing ice without adhesion perturbations. The validation of the principle is done developing and testing a prototype manipulating objects sizing 600 microns. The study of the ...
This work is aimed at assessing the possibility to use the electrochemical noisetechnique in miniatu...
The motivation that initiated the ANR research project "Démonstrateur Gun Launched Micro Air Vehicle...
Microalgae are more and more studied for their energy potential and various applications. However, ...
The manipulation of very small objects is one of the most important tasks in microrobotics. Actually...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
With the current expansion of micro- and nano-technologies (in such domains as watchmaking, electron...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
Numerous applications can be formulated in terms of distributed systems, be it a necessity face to a...
The thesis proposes a concept of reconfigurable free space micro-optical bench (3D hybrid MOEMS) bas...
Sensor enabling to characterize the finger/object contact involved in dexterousmicromanipulation. Th...
Micromanipulation tasks, transfer and assembly of very small objets areamong the main issues of micr...
In the past few years, much attention has been given to autonomous systems of micrometric size. The ...
The scope of this thesis is micromanipulation in liquid media. This scientific field aims at underst...
This work presents the achievement of specific and original electronic devices (Field effect transis...
Soil moisture information is a key variable for describing water and energy exchanges at the plant r...
This work is aimed at assessing the possibility to use the electrochemical noisetechnique in miniatu...
The motivation that initiated the ANR research project "Démonstrateur Gun Launched Micro Air Vehicle...
Microalgae are more and more studied for their energy potential and various applications. However, ...
The manipulation of very small objects is one of the most important tasks in microrobotics. Actually...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
With the current expansion of micro- and nano-technologies (in such domains as watchmaking, electron...
On the micrometer scale, surface forces applied to the object are significant comparedto volume forc...
Numerous applications can be formulated in terms of distributed systems, be it a necessity face to a...
The thesis proposes a concept of reconfigurable free space micro-optical bench (3D hybrid MOEMS) bas...
Sensor enabling to characterize the finger/object contact involved in dexterousmicromanipulation. Th...
Micromanipulation tasks, transfer and assembly of very small objets areamong the main issues of micr...
In the past few years, much attention has been given to autonomous systems of micrometric size. The ...
The scope of this thesis is micromanipulation in liquid media. This scientific field aims at underst...
This work presents the achievement of specific and original electronic devices (Field effect transis...
Soil moisture information is a key variable for describing water and energy exchanges at the plant r...
This work is aimed at assessing the possibility to use the electrochemical noisetechnique in miniatu...
The motivation that initiated the ANR research project "Démonstrateur Gun Launched Micro Air Vehicle...
Microalgae are more and more studied for their energy potential and various applications. However, ...