Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal, which provides an advanced forum for studies on micro/nano-scaled structures, materials, devices and systems. The journal publishes reviews, original research articles, and communications in this field. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their theoretical and experimental results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on the maximum length of the papers or the number of electronic supplementary files. Full details on experiments, materials and methods must be provided for a research article so that the results can be reproduced.

Scope
This journal seeks and encourages submissions on significant and original works related to all aspects of micro/nano-scaled structures, materials, devices, systems as well as related micro- and nanotechnology from fundamental research to applications. The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

Fundamentals and Physics

Fundamental micro/nanoscale multiphysics phenomena and device, leading to novel applications such as Nano/Microelectromechanical Systems (N/MEMS); mechanical and electrical transducers, sensors, and actuators; optic devices (including plasmons and metal), optoelectronic devices; micro/nano-scale energy harvesting; piezoelectric, triboelectric, and pyroelectric nanogenerators; flexible, stretchable, and wearable electronics/sensors; microbots (swarm robotics), nanorobots, and micro air vehicles.

Biology and biomedicine

BioMEMS; miniaturized biosensors; microarrays; DNA chips; PCR chips; electronic noses; organ-on-a-chip; microfluidic cell culture; point-of-care diagnostic chips; μ-TAS; molecular imprinting; applications in medicine (nanomedicine), tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, biomedical research, drug discovery, environment, food, health, security, and safety.

Chemistry

Electrochemical devices; nanoelectrodes; miniaturized gas sensors; miniaturized chemical sensors; microsystems for chemistry; microreactors; lab-on-a-chip, biochips, and microfluidics applications in chemistry (including electrokinetic phenomenon), energy and environmental sciences.

Materials and Processing

Materials based micro/nano structures, devices, system, and its applications: class of materials include silicon, carbon, glasses, polymers (plastics), metals, ceramics, composites, liquid crystals, colloids, semiconductors, superconducting, magnetic materials. Bio-inspired, biomedical and biomolecular materials; optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials; nanoscale materials; surfaces and thin films.

Engineering and Technology

Micro/nano fabrication and manufacturing: deposition, lithography, patterning, etching, surface micromachining, bulk micromachining, laser fabrication, biofabrication, 3D printing, self-assembly, etc.
Design and optimization principles of micro- and nanosystems; micro- nanosystems and advanced technologies for engineering applications: resources engineering, civil engineering, advanced manufacturing engineering, environmental engineering, bioengineering, electronic system (including electrical circuits & devices, transistors, capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes, insulators and conductors) engineering, etc.

Editorial Board
Advisory Board
Editorial Board
A：Physics Section
B：Biology Section
C：Chemistry Section
D：Materials and Processing Section
Editors (4)
Prof. Aiqun Liu E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
Interests: NEMS/MEMS; optofluidics; metasurface; nanophotonics
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Prof. Nam-Trung Nguyen E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, West Creek Road, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia
Tel. +61 (07) 373 53921; Fax: +61 7 3735 8021 
Interests: microfluidics; nanofluidics; micro/nanomachining technologies; micro/nanoscale science; instrumentation for biomedical applications
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Prof. Mehmet Remzi Dokmeci E-Mail Website 
Section Editor-in-Chief


Department of Radiology, Center for Minimally Invasive therapeutics, University of California – Los Angeles, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: Bio-micro-electro-mechanical Systems (BioMEMS); biomedical and implantable devices; biosensors; organs on a chip; micro and nanosensors for monitoring organs on a chip; flexible electronics and sensors for wound healing; packaging and encapsulation of implantable devices; biomaterials; biofabrication
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Prof. Dr. Joost Lötters E-Mail Website 
Associate Editor


1 Integrated Devices and Systems (IDS), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
2 Bronkhorst High-Tech BV, Nijverheidsstraat 1A, 7261 AK Ruurlo, The Netherlands
Interests: Design, modelling, fabrication and application of microfluidic handling systems, including MEMS thermal and Coriolis flow sensors and controllers, MEMS pressure sensors, MEMS control valves and micromachined flow analysis sytems such as multiparameter flow measurement systems and micro Wobbe index meters
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Previous Editor
Prof. Dr. Miko Elwenspoek * E-Mail Website 
Former Editor-in-Chief


MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, PO box 217, NL 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Fax: D: +49 761 203 97451; NL: +31 534 893 343 
Interests: MEMS; wet etching of silicon; micro- and nano fluid handling
* Founding Editor-in-Chief and Editor-in-Chief up to 29 February 2016 
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Advisory Board (3)
Prof. Andrew J. deMello E-Mail Website 


Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: segmented flows; optical spectroscopies; nanoparticle synthesis; diagnostics, exosomes
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Micromachines: Droplet Microfluidics: Techniques and Technologies
Special Issue in Micromachines: Droplet Microfluidics: Techniques and Technologies, Volume II
Special Issue in Micromachines: Microfluidics for Cell Biology: From Exosomes to Organisms-on-a-Chip
Prof. Dr. Naser El-Sheimy E-Mail Website 


School of Geomatics engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Tel. +1 403 220 7587; Fax: +1 403 284 1980 
Interests: inertial navigation; GNSS/INS integration; mobile mapping; autonomous driving; indoor positioning
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Micromachines: Next Generation MEMS-Based Navigation—Systems and Applications
Special Issue in Remote Sensing: Multi-Sensor and Multi-Data Integration in Remote Sensing
Special Issue in Sensors: Artificial Neural Networks for Navigation Sensor Integration Applications
Special Issue in Remote Sensing: Concurrent Positioning, Mapping and Perception of Multi-source Data Fusion for Smart Applications
Prof. Dr. Martin A. M. Gijs E-Mail Website 


Laboratory of Microsystems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel. +41-21-693-6734; Fax: +41-21-693-5950 
Interests: microsystems; microfluidics; bio-MEMS; magnetic applications; microfabrication technologies
Editorial Board Members (191)
Prof. Dr. Reza Abdolvand E-Mail Website 


Dynamic Microsystems Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Tel. +1-407-823-1760 
Interests: MEMS/NEMS; resonant sensors; IR sensors; bio-sensors
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Micromachines: Micro-Resonators: The Quest for Superior Performance
Prof. Masoud Agah E-Mail Website 


Virginia Tech MEMS Laboratory, The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: BioMEMS/NEMS; micro analytical chemistry
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hugo Aguas E-Mail Website 


Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Tel. +351 21 294 85 64 Ext: 10615; Fax: +351 21 295 78 10 
Interests: materials; photovoltaics; thin film silicon; microfluidics; SERS
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: SERS-Active Substrates
Special Issue in Micromachines: Microfluidic Devices for Biosensing
Special Issue in Sensors: Advances in SERS-active Substrates for Ubiquitous Sensing
Dr. Samad Ahadian E-Mail Website 


University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: muscle tissue engineering; cardiac tissue regeneration; antimicrobial devices; hydrogels; nanobiomaterials; bioprinting; stem cell engineering
Dr. Daniel Ahmed E-Mail Website 


Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: micro/nanorobotics; ultrasound based manipulation; microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Micromachines: Micro/Nanorobots in Medicine
Dr. Mohsen Akbari E-Mail Website 


Laboratory for Innovations in Microengineering (LiME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Interests: applications of micro- and nanotechnologies for biomedical engineering (bio-mems) and energy; tissue engineering; organs-on-chip; microfluidics; sustainable energy
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Micromachines: Microengineering Techniques for Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery
Dr. Demir Akin E-Mail Website 


Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5427, USA
Interests: nanomedicine; BioMEMS/NEMS; medical IoT/wearable/implantable sensors; biomedical engineering; smart biohybrid systems; clinical diagnostics
Dr. Azahar Ali E-Mail Website 


Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN-46556, USA
Interests: MEMS-based biosensors; agriculture sensors, microfluidics, nanostructures, plasmonic biosensors, intra-cellular drug delivery, ultrasonic transducer
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Biosensors: Optical Biosensor for Quantification of Biomarkers
Prof. Zulfiqur Ali E-Mail Website 


School of Health & Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BX, UK
Interests: micro and nanofabrication; microfluidics; point-of-care diagnostic; optical and electrochemical transduction
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Micromachines: Microsystems for Point-of-Care Testing
Dr. Zeynep Altintas E-Mail Website 


Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
Tel. +49-30-314-23727 
Interests: diagnostics; micro-fluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices; sensor applications in medical diagnosis, chemistry, food safety and biotechnology; nanomaterials in health care diagnostics
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Nanomaterials in Health Care Diagnostics
Special Issue in Micromachines: Biosensors and MEMS-based Diagnostic Applications