Manufacturing high-performance flexible sensors via advanced patterning techniques by Xiaokun Qin, Bowen Zhong, Hao Xu, Joshua A Jackman, Kaichen Xu, Nam-Joon Cho, Zheng Lou, Lili Wang

“…This review presents a comprehensive overview of patterned micro-nanostructure manufacturing techniques for performance enhancement of flexible sensors, including printing, exposure lithography, mould method, soft lithography, nanoimprinting lithography, and laser direct writing technology. …”
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Design and implementation of a lab-on-a-chip for assisted reproductive technologies by Firooz Safaefar, Javad Karamdel, Hadi Veladi, Masoud Maleki

“…In this study, a novel microfluidic chip was designed and manufactured using conventional soft lithography methods. Methods: This research proposes the utilization of a microfluidic chip as a substitute for the conventional manual procedures involved in oocyte denudation, trapping, and immobilization. …”
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Evaluating the accuracy between hollow and solid dental aligner models: a comparative study of printing technologies by Yurdakurban Ebru, Topsakal Kübra Gülnur, Duran Gökhan Serhat, Görgülü Serkan

“…To evaluate the accuracy between hollow and solid dental models produced using a StereoLithography Apparatus (SLA), Digital Light Processing (DLP), and PolyJet 3D printing technologies.…”
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Microphase Separation of a PS-b-PFS Block Copolymer via Solvent Annealing: Effect of Solvent, Substrate, and Exposure Time on Morphology by Colm T. O’Mahony, Dipu Borah, Michael A. Morris

“…Block copolymer (BCP) lithography makes use of the microphase separation properties of BCPs to pattern ordered nanoscale features over large areas. …”
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A New Linear Motor Force Ripple Compensation Method Based on Inverse Model Iterative Learning and Robust Disturbance Observer by Xuewei Fu, Xiaofeng Yang, Zhenyu Chen

“…Permanent magnet linear motors (PMLMs) are gaining increasing interest in ultra-precision and long stroke motion stage, such as reticle and wafer stage of scanner for semiconductor lithography. However, the performances of PMLM are greatly affected by inherent force ripple. …”
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Tuning Metamaterials for Applications at DUV Wavelengths by Andrew Estroff, Bruce W. Smith

“…A method for performing plasmonic interference lithography with this metamaterial has been proposed, with calculations showing the potential for half-pitch imaging resolution of 25 nm.…”
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Dynamic in situ control of heat rectification in graphene nano-ribbons using voltage-controlled strain by Daryoush Shiri, Andreas Isacsson

“…Based upon our results we propose a thermo-electric device which obviates the complex nano-patterning and lithography required to pattern graphene every time a new rectification value or sign is sought for, opening a route to simpler fabrication and characterization of phononic phenomena in 2D materials.…”
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Enhanced Light Trapping in Thin Film Solar Cells Using a Plasmonic Fishnet Structure by Sayan Seal, Vinay Budhraja, Liming Ji, Vasundara V. Varadan

“…A silver fishnet structure was fabricated using electron beam lithography (EBL) and thermal evaporation. The final fabricated structure optically resembles a TFSC. …”
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Improving Light Extraction of Organic Light-Emitting Devices by Attaching Nanostructures with Self-Assembled Photonic Crystal Patterns by Kai-Yu Peng, Da-Hua Wei

“…A single-monolayered hexagonal self-assembled photonic crystal (PC) pattern fabricated onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films by using simple nanosphere lithography (NSL) method has been demonstrated in this research work. …”
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Monitoring the impact of confinement on hyphal penetration and fungal behavior. by Yi-Syuan Guo, Julian A Liber, Jennifer L Morrell-Falvey, Gregory Bonito, Scott T Retterer

“…Microfluidics were fabricated using photolithography and conventional soft lithography, assembled onto glass slides, and prepared to accommodate fungal cultures. …”
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Quantum features for a system of two qutrits in the presence of power-law potential field by Bahaaudin M. Raffah, K. Berrada, E.M. Khalil, S. Abdel-Khalek

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Tuning Wetting Properties Through Surface Geometry in the Cassie–Baxter State by Talya Scheff, Florence Acha, Nathalia Diaz Armas, Joey L. Mead, Jinde Zhang

“…We used fluoro-silane-treated silicon micro-post patterns fabricated via lithography as model surfaces. By varying the solid fraction (ϕ_s), edge-to-edge spacing (L), and the shape and arrangement of the micro-posts, we examined how these geometric factors influence wetting behavior. …”
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Coherence vortices by binary pinholes by Gautam Akanksha, Agarwal Amit K., Singh Rakesh Kumar

“…The binary pinhole structures have been realized by lithography, followed by wet etching methods. We control the transmittance from the incoherent source plane using these exotic apertures, which finally results in a coherence vortex spectrum that features multiple and pure orbital angular momentum modes. …”
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Burst Laser-Driven Plasmonic Photochemical Nanolithography of Silicon with Active Structural Modulation by Liping Shi, Ji Yan, Shuyao Zhang, Panpan Niu, Jiao Geng, Günter Steinmeyer

“…This offers a convenient scheme for actively controlling laser plasmonic lithography.…”
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Spatially controlled multicellular differentiation of stem cells using triple factor-releasing metal–organic framework-coated nanoline arrays by Yeon-Woo Cho, Min-Ji Kang, Joon-Ha Park, Yun-Sik Eom, Tae-Hyung Kim

“…The arrays comprise nanohole and nanoline arrays fabricated through interference lithography and selectively capture of UiO-67 metal–organic frameworks on nanoline arrays with a 99.8% efficiency using an optimised asymmetric spin-coating method. …”
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Adhesion-induced roof collapse of a rectangular micro-groove under applied pressure by Fan Jin, Jiayao Hu, Fan Xia, Zhigeng Fan

“…In soft lithography roof collapse is frequently observed on the stamp surface consisting of rectangular micro-grooves which yields unwanted contact between the sagged surface and the substrate. …”
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Inverted Pyramid Nanostructures Coupled with a Sandwich Immunoassay for SERS Biomarker Detection by Wen-Huei Chang, Shao-Quan Zhang, Zi-Yi Yang, Chun-Hung Lin

“…We present a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based platform leveraging inverted pyramid SU-8 nanostructured substrates fabricated via nanoimprint lithography. These substrates, characterized by sharp apices and edges, are further functionalized with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES), enabling the uniform self-assembly of AuNPs to create a highly favorable configuration for enhanced SERS analysis. …”
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Visible-mid infrared ultra-broadband and wide-angle metamaterial perfect absorber based on cermet films with nano-cone structure by Yang Fan, Li Rui-Hao, Tan Shi-Long, Dong Jian-Wen, Jiang Shao-Ji

“…The composite process of two easy-operated and efficient methods, colloidal lithography, and magnetron sputtering, is employed for large-area fabrication. …”
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Spin polarised quantum conductance in 1D channels by Henry Montagu, Ian Farrer, David Ritchie, Sanjeev Kumar

“…The 1D devices were fabricated using standard lithography techniques consisting of split gates, and a custom-designed back gate allows for the modulation of carrier density within the 1D channel. …”
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The Morphology of Ordered Block Copolymer Patterns as Probed by High Resolution Imaging by D Borah, T Ghoshal, M T Shaw, A Chaudhari, N Petkov, A P Bell, J D Holmes, M A Morris

“…The importance of quantifying these complex morphologies has implications for their use in integrated circuit manufacture, where they are being explored as alternative pattern forming methods to conventional UV lithography.…”
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