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Device and method for producing a combinatorial microcompartment within a carrier phase

Microfluidic device combining hydrodynamic and dielectrophoretic trapping for the controlled contact between single micro-sized objects and application to adhesion assays

Deformation and Fracture of Tough Microstructured Hydrogels

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Ultrasensitive optofluidic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay by on-chip integrated polymer whispering-gallery-mode microlaser sensors

Experimental Characterization of a Server-Level Thermosyphon for High-Heat Flux Dissipations

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Large Array of Shape Memory Polymer Actuators for Haptics and Microfluidics

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PZE-transduced Suspended Microchannel Resonators for sensing applications

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