Manipulation of Multiphase Materials for Touch-less Nanobiotechnology A Pyrofluidic Platform /

• Main Author: Coppola, Sara (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Biotechnology.; Nanotechnology.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Microengineering.

The thesis presents an original and smart way to manipulate liquid and polymeric materials using a “pyro-fluidic platform” which exploits the pyro-electric effect activated onto a ferroelectric crystal. It describes a great variety of functionalities of the pyro-electrohydrodynamic platform, such as...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Pyro-electric effect and polymers self-assembling
• Pyro-Electrohydrodynamic printing and multi jets Dispenser
• Pyro-EHD lithography, fabrication and employment of 3D microstructures
• High resolution patterning of biomaterials for tissue engineering
• Biodegradable microneedles for transdermal drug delivery
• Conclusions and perspectives.