Download or read book Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Electrical Control and Computer Engineering written by Zainah Md. Zain and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (InECCE 2021), held in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, on 23 August 2021. The topics covered are sustainable energy, power electronics and drives and power engineering including distributed/renewable generation, power system optimization, artificial/computational intelligence, smart grid, power system protection and machine learning energy management and conservation. The book showcases some of the latest technologies and applications developed to solve local energy and power problems in order to ensure continuity, reliability and security of electricity for future generations. It also links topics covered the sustainable developed goals (SDGs) areas outlined by the United Nation for global sustainability. The book will appeal to professionals, scientists and researchers with experience in industry.

Download or read book Micro and Nanomanipulation Tools written by Yu Sun and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining robotics with nanotechnology, this ready reference summarizes the fundamentals and emerging applications in this fascinating research field. This is the first book to introduce tools specifically designed and made for manipulating micro- and nanometer-sized objects, and presents such examples as semiconductor packaging and clinical diagnostics as well as surgery. The first part discusses various topics of on-chip and device-based micro- and nanomanipulation, including the use of acoustic, magnetic, optical or dielectrophoretic fields, while surface-driven and high-speed microfluidic manipulation for biophysical applications are also covered. In the second part of the book, the main focus is on microrobotic tools. Alongside magnetic micromanipulators, bacteria and untethered, chapters also discuss silicon nano- and integrated optical tweezers. The book closes with a number of chapters on nanomanipulation using AFM and nanocoils under optical and electron microscopes. Exciting images from the tiniest robotic systems at the nano-level are used to illustrate the examples throughout the work. A must-have book for readers with a background ranging from engineering to nanotechnology.

Download or read book MEMS Sensors and Resonators written by Frederic Nabki and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have had a profound impact on a wide range of applications. The degree of miniaturization made possible by MEMS technology has significantly improved the functionalities of many systems, and the performance of MEMS has steadily improved as its uses augment. Notably, MEMS sensors have been prevalent in motion sensing applications for decades, and the sensing mechanisms leveraged by MEMS have been continuously extended to applications spanning the detection of gases, magnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation, and more. In parallel, MEMS resonators have become an emerging field of MEMS and affected subfields such as electronic timing and filtering, and energy harvesting. They have, in addition, enabled a wide range of resonant sensors. For many years now, MEMS have been the basis of various industrial successes, often building on novel academic research. Accordingly, this Special Issue explores many research innovations in MEMS sensors and resonators, from biomedical applications to energy harvesting, gas sensing, resonant sensing, and timing.

Download or read book MEMS and Microfluidics in Healthcare written by Koushik Guha and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book introduces the research significance of biomedical instrumentation and discusses micro-fabrication techniques utilized for biomedical devices. This book primarily focuses on the reader enlightenment on MEMS medical devices by introducing all the diagnostic devices and treatment tools at one place. The book covers in-depth technical works and general introductions to the devices such that the book can reach technical as well as non-technical readers.

Download or read book Microdevices and Microsystems for Cell Manipulation written by Aaron T. Ohta and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Microdevices and Microsystems for Cell Manipulation" that was published in Micromachines

Download or read book Handbook of Mems for Wireless and Mobile Applications written by Deepak Uttamchandani and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing demand for mobile and wireless sensing necessitates the use of highly integrated technology featuring small size, low weight, high performance and low cost: micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) can meet this need. The Handbook of MEMS for wireless and mobile applications provides a comprehensive overview of radio frequency (RF) MEMS technologies and explores the use of these technologies over a wide range of application areas.Part one provides an introduction to the use of RF MEMS as an enabling technology for wireless applications. Chapters review RF MEMS technology and applications as a whole before moving on to describe specific technologies for wireless applications including passive components, phase shifters and antennas. Packaging and reliability of RF MEMS is also discussed. Chapters in part two focus on wireless techniques and applications of wireless MEMS including biomedical applications, such as implantable MEMS, intraocular pressure sensors and wireless drug delivery. Further chapters highlight the use of RF MEMS for automotive radar, the monitoring of telecommunications reliability using wireless MEMS and the use of optical MEMS displays in portable electronics.With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, the Handbook of MEMS for wireless and mobile applications is a technical resource for MEMS manufacturers, the electronics industry, and scientists, engineers and academics working on MEMS and wireless systems. - Reviews the use of radio frequency (RF) MEMS as an enabling technology for wireless applications - Discusses wireless techniques and applications of wireless MEMS, including biomedical applications - Describes monitoring structures and the environment with wireless MEMS

Download or read book Advanced Ceramic and Metallic Coating and Thin Film Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications written by Jing Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the recent developments, perspectives on future research, and pertinent data from academia, industry, and government research laboratory to discuss fundamental mechanisms as well as processing and applications of advanced metallic and ceramic thin film and coating materials for energy and environmental applications. It is a platform to disseminate the latest research progress related to processing, characterization, and modelling. The authors address both thermal barrier and environmental coatings; magnetic and thermoelectric materials; and solar cell and solid oxide fuel cell materials. It is appropriate supplementary reading for students and primary reading for researchers in materials science and engineering.

Download or read book Autonomous Positioning of Piezoactuated Mechanism for Biological Cell Puncture written by Mingyang Xie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autonomous Positioning of Piezoactuated Mechanism for Biological Cell Puncture gives a systematic and almost self-contained description of the many facets of advanced design, optimization, modeling, system identification, and advanced control techniques for positioning of the cell puncture mechanism with a piezoelectric actuator in micro/nanorobotics systems. To achieve biomedical applications, reliability design, modeling, and precision control are essential for developing engineering systems. With the advances in mechanical design, dynamic modeling, system identification, and control techniques, it is possible to expand the advancements in reliability design, precision control, and quick actuation of micro/nanomanipulation systems to the robot’s applications at the micro- and nanoscales, especially for biomedical applications. This book unifies existing and emerging techniques concerning advanced design, modeling, and advanced control methodologies in micropuncture of biological cells using piezoelectric actuators with their practical biomedical applications. The book is an essential resource for researchers within robotics, mechatronics, biomedical engineering, and automatic control society, including both academic and industrial parts. KEY FEATURES • Provides a series of latest results in, including but not limited to, design, modeling, and control of micro/nanomanipulation systems utilizing piezoelectric actuators • Gives recent advances of theory, technological aspects, and applications of advanced modeling, control, and actuation methodologies in cell engineering applications • Presents simulation and experimental results to reflect the micro/nano manipulation practice and validate the performances of the developed design, analysis, and synthesis approaches

Download or read book Advances in Sustainable Polymers written by Vimal Katiyar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic overview of the processing and applications of sustainable polymers. The volume covers recent advances in biomedical, food packaging, fuel cell, membrane, and other emerging applications. The book begins by addressing different sections of biomedical application including use of carbohydrate-based therapeutics, nanohybrids, nanohydrogels, bioresorbable polymers and their composites, polymer-grafted nanobiomaterials for biomedical devices and implants, nanofibres, and others. The second part of this book discusses various processing and packaging materials for food packaging applications. The last section discusses other emerging applications, including using microbial fuel cells for waste water treatment, microfluidic fuel cells for low power applications, among others. This volume will be relevant to researchers working to improve the properties of bio-based materials for their advanced application and wide commercialization.

Download or read book Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization written by Changsheng Dai and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization provides fundamental principles underpinning robotic cell manipulation and characterization, state-of-the-art technical advances in micro/nano robotics, new discoveries of cell biology enabled by robotic systems, and their applications in clinical diagnosis and treatment. This book covers several areas, including robotics, control, computer vision, biomedical engineering and life sciences using understandable figures and tables to enhance readers' comprehension and pinpoint challenges and opportunities for biological and biomedical research. - Focuses on, and comprehensively covers, robotics for cell manipulation and characterization - Highlights recent advances in cell biology and disease treatment enabled by robotic cell manipulation and characterization - Provides insightful outlooks on future challenges and opportunities

Download or read book Nanostructured Materials for Electronic Nose written by Nirav J. Joshi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recent Advances in Fuzzy Sets Theory Fractional Calculus Dynamic Systems and Optimization written by Said Melliani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We describe in this book recent advances in fuzzy sets theory, fractional calculus, dynamic systems, and optimization. The book provides a setting for the discussion of recent developments in a wide variety of topics including partial differential equations, dynamic systems, optimization, numerical analysis, fuzzy sets theory, fractional calculus, and its applications. The book is aimed at bringing together contributions from leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of applied mathematics, modeling, algebra, economics, finance, and applications. It also provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of applied mathematics. The published chapters address various aspects of academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars in many variety mathematical topics.

Download or read book Application of Ionic Liquids in Drug Delivery written by Masahiro Goto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents recent advances in the use of ionic liquids in medicine and pharmaceutics with particular emphasis on addressing critical pharmaceutical challenges, including the low solubility, polymorphism, and bioavailability of drugs. It also provides insights into the development of the biologically functionalized ionic liquids suitable for medical and pharmaceutical applications. Ionic liquids have been used as potential solvents or materials in the fields of pharmaceutical drug delivery and formulations because of their unique and tunable physicochemical and biological properties. Readers find explanations of the diverse approaches to the application of ionic liquids in drug solubility, active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) formulation, and drug delivery systems, such as topical, transdermal, and oral delivery, with particular emphasis on recent developments. Particular attention is given to the development of ionic liquid-assisted effective drug delivery techniques for sparingly soluble or insoluble drug molecules. This book also discusses the biological activities of ionic liquids for possible applications in drug formulation and drug delivery systems. Scientists in disciplines such as chemistry, biology, and pharmaceutics find this book instructive and informative for developing ionic liquid-based drug formulations or drug delivery systems.

Download or read book Food Science Technology and Nutrition for Babies and Children written by Tomy J. Gutiérrez and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infants and children are regularly fed with processed foods, yet despite their importance in human development, these foods are rarely studied. This important book provides an exhaustive analysis of key technologies in the development of foods for babies and children, as well as the regulation and marketing of these food products. Contributors cover different aspects of food science and technology in development of baby foods, making this text an unique source of information on the subject. Food Science, Technology, and Nutrition for Babies and Children includes relevant chapters on infant milk formulas, essential fatty acids in baby foods, baby food-based cereals and macro- and micronutrients. This book also offers alternatives from the point of view of food technology for babies and children with special diet regimes associated to metabolic or enzymatic diseases such as allergy to casein, phenylalanine (phenylketonuria or commonly known as PKU) and gluten (celiac disease), or lactose intolerance. This book also addresses some nutritional aspects of babies and children in terms of the childhood obesity, child’s appetite and parental feeding. With its comprehensive scope and up-to-date coverage of issues and trends in baby and children’s foods, this is an outstanding book for food scientists and technologists, food industry professionals, researchers and nutritionists working with babies and children.

Download or read book Computational Bioengineering written by Guigen Zhang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the first book of its kind, Computational Bioengineering explores the power of multidisciplinary computer modeling in bioengineering. Written by experts, the book examines the interplay of multiple governing principles underlying common biomedical devices and problems, bolstered by case studies. It shows you how to take advantage of the la

Download or read book Micro and Nano Machined Electrometers written by Yong Zhu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews advances in cutting-edge micro-/nano-electrometers, and discusses the technological challenges involved in their practical implementation. The detection of electrostatic charge has a wide range of applications in ionization chambers, bio-analyte and aerosol particle instruments, mass spectrometers, scanning tunneling microscopes, and even quantum computers. Designing micro-/nano-electrometers (also known as charge sensors) for electrometry is considered vital because of the charge sensitivity and resolution issues at micro-/nano-scales. The remarkably dynamic microelectromechanical systems (MEMSs)/nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMSs), and advances in solid-state electronics, hold considerable potential for the design and fabrication of extremely sensitive charge sensors.

Download or read book Frontiers in robotics and AI editor s picks 2022 written by Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: