@Article{icces.2024.012380,
AUTHOR = {Chenchen Zhou, Shuaishuai Liang, Bin Qi, Chenxu Liu, Nam-Joon Cho},
TITLE = {Microfluidic Fabrication of Various Ceramic Microparticles},
JOURNAL = {The International Conference on Computational \& Experimental Engineering and Sciences},
VOLUME = {30},
YEAR = {2024},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {1--2},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/icces/v30n3/58569},
ISSN = {1933-2815},
ABSTRACT = {Micro tools/parts are attracting increasing attention due to the miniaturization evolutionary tendency in many fields, whose functionalities are critically determined by their materials and shapes [1- 5]. Sharp-edged ceramic microparticles have great prospects to be used as micromachining tools and micro components. However, it remains a huge challenge to fabricate nontransparent ceramic sharp-edged microparticles in a high-throughput way while taking their shape complexity, precision, and strength into account [6-8]. Herein, we present an online mixing and in-situ polymerization strategy: “one-pot microfluidic fabrication” along with two novel microfluidic device fabrication methods: “groove & tongue” and sliding assembling, succeeding in obtaining both transparent and nontransparent microparticles with great shape diversity, complexity, precision, density and strength. The throughput rate is increased by 2 orders of magnitude higher than other methods. Compression and scratch tests demonstrate the promising potential of the obtained microparticles being of practical use in a wide spectrum of applications, including micromachining, microelectronics, microrobots, microsurgery, etc.},
DOI = {10.32604/icces.2024.012380}
}