Microfluidics: A New Layer of Control for Extrusion-Based 3D Printing

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Microfluidics: A New Layer of Control for Extrusion-Based 3D Printing

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Improved microfluidic transcriptome based screening methods

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Microfluidic systems for infectious disease diagnostics

Modified capillary number to standardize droplet generation in suction-driven microfluidics

Design of Customized Mouthguards with Superior Protection Using Digital-Based Technologies and Impact Tests

Large-Scale Hollow-Core 3D Printing: Variable Cross-Section and Printing Features for Lightweight Plastic Elements

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Piezoelectric and elastic properties of Al0.60Sc0.40N thin films deposited on patterned metal electrodes

Customized modular multi-material mouthguard and method of making the same

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Influence of Si3N4 fillers and pyrolysis profile on the microstructure of additively manufactured silicon carbonitride ceramics derived from polyvinylsilazane

Computational Homogenization for Inverse Design of Surface-based Inflatables

Advancing high-throughput combinatorial aging studies of hybrid perovskite thin films via precise automated characterization methods and machine learning assisted analysis

Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository

Additively manufactured stretchable zipping electrostatic actuators

Localized Ionic Reinforcement of Double Network Granular Hydrogels

Morphological and Material Programability of a Hall-Effect Based Soft Tactile Sensors

Multimaterial Volumetric Printing of Silica-Based Glasses