Microfluidics and MEMS Technology for Membranes 2022 Jasmina Casals-Terré.pdf

该【Microfluidics and MEMS Technology for Membranes 2022 Jasmina Casals-Terré 】是由【周太监】上传分享，文档一共【3】页，该文档可以免费在线阅读，需要了解更多关于【Microfluidics and MEMS Technology for Membranes 2022 Jasmina Casals-Terré 】的内容，可以使用淘豆网的站内搜索功能，选择自己适合的文档，以下文字是截取该文章内的部分文字，如需要获得完整电子版，请下载此文档到您的设备，方便您编辑和打印。membranes
Editorial
MicrofluidicsandMEMSTechnologyforMembranes
JasminaCasals-Terré
DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,TechnicalUniversityofCatalunya,
08034Barcelona,Spain;jasmina.******@
Nowadaysmanufacturingprocessesatnanoandmicroscaleprovidereliableplatform
forthedevelopmentofnovelapplications,speciallyinthemembrane’
systemsbasedonnanoscaleandmicroscaledevicesprovideasuperiorcontroloverthe
physico-
timetoreproducebiologicalandphysicalpropertiesandtousebiomimeticapproachesfor
separationorclassification.
Microfluidic-basedadvancedmembranetechnologyenablesnoveldiagnostictoolsand

canpotentiallyreducethetime-to-marketofthesenecessarytoolsandexponentiallyreduce
,microfluidic-basedseparation
strategieshavebeenappliedtodifferentprocessesfromwastewatertreatmentandagri-
.
ThisSpecialIssuetitled“MicrofluidicsandMEMSTechnologyforMembranes”in
thejournalMembranesaimstoassessrecentdevelopmentsinmicrofluidicsandMEMS
,suchasMEMS
devicemanufacturingprocesses,microfluidic-basedmembranes,novelmaterialsfornano
separation,,namelyeight
researcharticlesandtworeviews,inthisSpecialIssue.
HongfuLiang[1](EHD)
printing,acost-effectiveandenvironmentallyfriendlyelectrodemanufacturingtechnology.
Citation:Casals-Terré,,two
MicrofluidicsandMEMSTechnology
methodsofglass-
,12,

:///

membranes12060586
pavesthewayforfutureseparationmethodologiesthatrequireelectricfieldssuchas
Received:25May2022electrophoretic-basedmembranesandothers.
Accepted:29May2022HonglongNing[2]-
Published:31May2022parentflexiblethin-filmtransistors(TFTs),keyelementsusedinthefieldoftransparent
Publisher’sNote:MDPIstaysneutralflexibleflat--
withregardtojurisdictionalclaimsining,itexhibitedcertainlimitations,suchastheelevatedtemperaturerequiredtodeposit
publishedmapsandinstitutionalaffil-
,theypresentamanufacturingprocessthat
fabricatessuchinterestingdevicesatroomtemperature,exhibitingexcellentperformance
andthereforeallowingmoreflexibilityinthekindofsubstratestobeusedandopeningthe
doortonewapplications.
Copyright:©[3]
LicenseeMDPI,Basel,
,electronicpaperisarealityduetothisnewtypeofreflective
distributedunderthetermsanddevice,,therearestillissuestobe
conditionsoftheCreativeCommons
solved,
Attribution(CCBY)license(https://
onthestudyofnewdrivingwaveformstoachieveanoptimizedapertureratio,while
/
minimizingconsumption.
/).
Membranes2022,12,:///membranes12060586
Membranes2022,12,5862of3
Besidestheimprovementofmanufacturingtechnologies,otherworkshavefocused
moreonthemembranedevelopmentitself,eitherusingnovelmaterialsornovelnanostruc-
[4,5]
grapheneoxideintocelluloseacetatetoenhancethehydrophilicityandanti-biofouling

watertreatmentapplications,especiallywhenlookingforhighefficiencywithminimal
,AlviseBagolini[6]
onthedevelopmentofaneatmembrane-in-membranestructurethatusedstate-of-the-
artmanufacturingprocessestoetchnanoscaleholesoffree-standingmembranes,while

proposedstructurecanwithstandupto1barinpressure,havingholediametersfrom

formassspectrometersandotheranalyticalinstruments.
Thereareotherapplicationsofmembranesthatdonotrequiretofocusatnanoscale,
sincethefluiddynamicsatmicroscalecanintrinsicallyseparateparticlesfromthesuspend-
íguez-Villarreal[7]
toincreasetheefficiencyofseparationtakingadvantageofmicrofluidichydrodynamicsef-
-basedparticleseparatorsisessential
toachieveanequivalentperformanceinpoint-of-caredevicescomparedtotheconventional
laboratory-.[8]tookadvantageofathree-dimensionalmodel
developedwithcomputerfluid-dynamicssoftware(ANSYS-FLUENT)andwithfluid-
structureinteractioncouplingbetweenfluidandsoliddomainstooptimizeamicrofluidic

inmicrofluidiccircuits;therefore,applicationssuchaspoint-of-caredevicesbenefitfrom
theenhancementofthebehaviorofitscomponents.
Currently,theagingofpopulationsandthelatestpandemicsituationhaveover-
whelmedmostpublic-
-Healthandpatientempowermentaretwostrategies
.[9],inthereview,highlighttheimportanceofsweatas

isadrivingstrategy,butthereisstillagreatdealofworktodoinordertomaterializethis
,processes,andstudiesofsweatingprocesses
throughphantomsofskinsarerecentfindingsthatareunderinvestigationforin-depth
.[10]intheirreviewexamine
membrane-basedMEMSdevicesandtheimpactofthecurvatureofthemembraneonits

accordingtotheirapplicabilitytocertainindustrialdevices.
Inconclusion,thefindingsandcriticaldiscussionsfromthesecontributionshighlight
theimportanceofmicrofluidicsand/ornanostructuresformembranedevelopment,manu-
facturing,
materials,processes,anddrivingstrategiesdemonstratetheirvariousnovelseparation
applications,andrecentfindingsareunderinvestigationforthein-depthcharacterization

developmentofthesenewgenerationofmembranesbasedonnanoandmicrofeatures.
Funding:Thisresearchreceivednoexternalfunding.
Acknowledgments:TheguesteditorisgratefultoalltheauthorsthatcontributedtothisSpecialIssue.
ConflictsofInterest:Theauthordeclaresnoconflictofinterest.
Membranes2022,12,5863of3
References
,H.;Yao,R.;Zhang,G.;Zhang,X.;Liang,Z.;Yang,Y.;Ning,H.;Zhong,J.;Qiu,T.;Peng,
,12,141.[CrossRef][PubMed]
,H.;Zeng,X.;Zhang,H.;Zhang,X.;Yao,R.;Liu,X.;Luo,D.;Xu,Z.;Ye,Q.;Peng,
,12,29.[CrossRef][PubMed]
,W.;Yi,Z.;Zhao,Y.;Wang,L.;Zhang,J.;Zhou,X.;Liu,L.;Chi,F.;Yang,J.;Zhang,
,11,920.[CrossRef][PubMed]
,M.;Rashid,A.;Akram,S.;Shakir,.;Rehan,.;Javed,T.;Shabbir,R.;Hessien,
ofSulfonatedGrapheneOxide-DopedPolymericMembraneswithImprovedAnti-,11,563.
[CrossRef][PubMed]
,M.;Akram,S.;Rashid,A.;Rehan,.;Javed,T.;Shabbir,R.;Hessien,.;El-Sayed,
,11,510.[CrossRef][PubMed]
,A.;Correale,R.;Picciotto,A.;DiLorenzo,M.;Scapinello,
,11,74.[CrossRef][PubMed]
íguez-Villarreal,.;Carmona-Flores,M.;Colomer-Farrarons,-FreeArea
,11,109.[CrossRef][PubMed]
,Z.-H.;Li,X.-J.;Jin,Z.-J.;Qian,J.--StructureInteractionAnalysisonMembraneBehaviorofaMicrofluidicPassive
,10,300.[CrossRef][PubMed]
-Garcia,G.;Farré-Lladós,J.;Casals-Terré,.
Membrane2021,11,150.[CrossRef][PubMed]
,M.;diBarba,P.;Morabito,-DependentElectrostaticFieldasaPrincipleforModellingMembrane-Based
,10,361.[CrossRef][PubMed]