Alumni Achievements

Postdocs

Dr. Tomás Manzaneque

Fellowship: LEaDing Fellowship, Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant

Projects: 1) Suspended microchannel resonators; 2) Single-cell biopsy

Publications:

de Winter, et al. "Damping of 3D-printed polymer microbeam resonators." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering34.1 (2023): 015004.
Blankespoor, Maarten, Tomás Manzaneque, and Murali Krishna Ghatkesar. "Discrete Femtolitre Pipetting with 3D Printed Axisymmetrical Phaseguides." Small Methods (2023): 2300942.
Manzaneque, Tomás, et al. "Resolution Limits of Resonant Sensors." Physical Review Applied 19.5 (2023): 054074.
Daryani, Mehdi Mollaie, et al. "Measuring nanoparticles in liquid with attogram resolution using a microfabricated glass suspended microchannel resonator." Microsystems & Nanoengineering 8.1 (2022): 92.
Manzaneque, Tomás, et al. "Method to determine the closed-loop precision of resonant sensors from open-loop measurements." IEEE Sensors Journal 20.23 (2020): 14262-14272.

Dr. Livia Angeloni

Fellowship: LEaDing Fellowship, Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant

Projects: 1) Quantifying adhesion strength of cells; 2) Sample prep for electron-cryomicroscopy.

Publications:

Nouri-Goushki, Mahdiyeh, et al. "3D-printed submicron patterns reveal the interrelation between cell adhesion, cell mechanics, and osteogenesis." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13.29 (2021): 33767-33781.
Modaresifar, Khashayar, et al. "On the Use of Black Ti as a Bone Substituting Biomaterial: Behind the Scenes of Dual‐Functionality." Small 17.24 (2021): 2100706.
Angeloni, L., et al. "Mechanical characterization of nanopillars by atomic force microscopy." Additive Manufacturing 39 (2021): 101858.
Mirzaali, M. J., et al. "Mechanics of bioinspired functionally graded soft-hard composites made by multi-material 3D printing." Composite Structures 237 (2020): 111867.
Modaresifar, Khashayar, et al. "Deciphering the roles of interspace and controlled disorder in the bactericidal properties of nanopatterns against Staphylococcus aureus." Nanomaterials 10.2 (2020): 347.
Ganjian, Mahya, et al. "Quantitative mechanics of 3D printed nanopillars interacting with bacterial cells." Nanoscale 12.43 (2020): 21988-22001.
Kramer, Robert CLN, et al. "Multiscale 3D-printing of microfluidic AFM cantilevers." Lab on a Chip 20.2 (2020): 311-319.
Nouri-Goushki, M., et al. "3D printing of large areas of highly ordered submicron patterns for modulating cell behavior." ACS applied materials & interfaces 12.1 (2019): 200-208.

Dr. Mohammad Mehrali

Projects: 1) Solar energy harvesting with nanofluids; 2) Nanomanufacturing with nanofluids

Publication: Mehrali, Mohammad, Murali Krishna Ghatkesar, and Rene Pecnik. "Full-spectrum volumetric solar thermal conversion via graphene/silver hybrid plasmonic nanofluids." Applied energy224 (2018): 103-115.

Dr. An Trong Tran

Project: uDROPLETS, NanonextNL

PhD graduates

Dr. Héctor Hugo Pérez Garza

Thesis: Development of nanotools for applicaitons in (sub) femtofluidics and graphene technologies

Publications:

Garza, H. H. P., Ghatkesar, M. K., Basak, S., Löthman, P., & Staufer, U. (2015). Nano-Workbench: A Combined Hollow AFM Cantilever and Robotic Manipulator. Micromachines, 6(5), 600-610.
van Oorschot, R., Garza, H. H. P., Derks, R. J., Staufer, U., & Ghatkesar, M. K. (2015). A microfluidic AFM cantilever based dispensing and aspiration platform. EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation, 2(1), 4.
Pérez Garza, H. Hugo, et al. "Controlled, reversible, and nondestructive generation of uniaxial extreme strains (> 10%) in graphene." Nano letters 14.7 (2014): 4107-4113.
Ghatkesar, M. K., Garza, H. H. P., Heuck, F., & Staufer, U. (2014). Scanning Probe Microscope-Based Fluid Dispensing. Micromachines, 5(4), 954-1001.
Ghatkesar, M. K., Garza, H. H. P., & Staufer, U. (2014). Hollow AFM cantilever pipette. Microelectronic Engineering, 124, 22-25.
Garza, H. H. P., Ghatkesar, M. K., Löthman, P., Manz, A., & Staufer, U. (2014, April). Enabling local deposition and controlled synthesis of Au-nanoparticles using a femtopipette. In Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 2014 9th IEEE International Conference on (pp. 323-328). IEEE.
H.H. Perez Garza, M K Ghatkesar, U Staufer, "Aspiration through hollow cantilever-based nanopipette by means of evaporation." Micro & Nano Letters 8.11 (2013): 758-761.
H.H. Perez Garza, M K Ghatkesar, U Staufer. "Self-sensing nanopipette for liquid dispensing and AFM imaging." Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII), 2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on. IEEE, 2013.
H.H. Perez Garza, M K Ghatkesar, U Staufer, Combined AFM—nanopipette cartridge system for actively dispensing femtolitre droplets, J Micro-Bio Robot (2013) 8: 33–40

Master graduates

ir. Vladimir Leshko

Thesis: Portable microfluidic chip perfusion and heating solution for high-magnification optical microscopy

Collaborators: Dr. Laura Mezzanotte (EMC), Dr. Giorgia Zambito (EMC), Dr. Massimo Mastrangeli and ir. Zhilin Wang.

ir. Gijs van der Gugten

Thesis: 3D printed multifunctional microfludic cantilever

Collaborators: Dr. Wytske van Veerden (EMC), Dr. Franzika Linke (EMC) and Dr. Vijayendra Shastri

ir. Shiemaa Elhassan

Thesis: Temperature control system for organ-on-chip applications

Collaborators: Dr. Harold Raat (EMC), Prof. Joost Lötters and ir. Gürhan Özkayar

ir. Jikke de Winter

Thesis: Toward 3D printed suspended microchannel resonators: A study on damping and mass resolution of 3D printed microbeam resonators

Collaborator: Dr. Tomás Manzaneque

Publication: de Winter, Jikke, Tomás Manzaneque, and Murali Krishna Ghatkesar. "Damping of 3D-printed polymer microbeam resonators." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering34.1 (2023): 015004.

ir. Henri Kramer

Thesis: A normally-open, wide-range, proportionally controlled 3D-printed microvalve using a piezo stack microactuator

Collaborators: Prof. Joost Lötters and ir. Gürhan Özkayar

Publication: Kramer, H. et al, Back-pressure tunable proportional 3D-printed microvalve. Manuscript in preparation

ir. Frank Schilperoort

Thesis: High Potential: Design, Modeling, and fabrication of a novel unipolar micro-electret transducer

Collaborators: Dr. Gerard Dunning (Kinergizer) and Dr. Mohamad Ghaffarian Niasar

ir. Maarten Blankespoor

Thesis: Liquid dosing at the microscale: A quest for increased resolution

Collaborator: Dr. Tomás Manzaneque

Publication: Blankespoor, Maarten, Tomás Manzaneque, and Murali Krishna Ghatkesar. "Discrete Femtolitre Pipetting with 3D Printed Axisymmetrical Phaseguides." Small Methods (2023): 2300942.

ir. Pieter van Altena

Thesis: Multiscale 3D printed polymer probes for single-cell experiments

Collaborators: Prof. Silvère van der Maarel, Dr. Anita van den Heuvel and Dr. Livia Angeloni

Publication: van Altena, P., et al, Multiscale 3D-printed polymer probes for single-cell experiments, Manuscript in preparation

ir. Stijn Paardekooper

Thesis: Dynamics of microfluidic cantilevers in a photothermal AFM

Collaborator: Dr. Gerard Verbiest

ir. Mehdi Mollaie Daryani

Thesis: Measuring atto-grams of buoyant mass using silicondioxide suspended microchannel resonators

Collaborator: Dr. Tomás Manzaneque

Publication: Daryani, Mehdi Mollaie, et al. "Measuring nanoparticles in liquid with attogram resolution using a microfabricated glass suspended microchannel resonator." Microsystems & Nanoengineering 8.1 (2022): 92.

ir. Deep Patel

Thesis: Design of a pH sensor for liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

Collaborator: Dr. Hector Hugo Perez Garza (DENS Solutions)

ir. Xin Hu

Thesis: Precision error in mass measurements using metal-coated microchannel resonators.

Collaborator: Dr. Tomás Manzaneque

ir. Chuquian Zhang

Thesis: Design and fabrication of a dielectric elastomer actuator for organs-on-chip platform

Collaborator: Dr. Massimo Mastrangeli

ir. Haoyu Zhu

Thesis: Portable and integrated organ-on-chip platform using off-the-shelf components

Collaborators: Prof. Joost Lötters and ir. Gürhan Özkayar

Publication: Zhu, Haoyu, et al. "Portable and integrated microfluidic flow control system using off-the-shelf components towards organs-on-chip applications." Biomedical microdevices 25.2 (2023): 1-11.

ir. Floyd Versluis

Thesis: Bottom-up manufacturing of nanocrystalline diamond microstructures and components

Collaborator: Dr. Ivan Buijnsters

ir. Arun Gunda

Thesis: A proportionally-controlled microvalve using a piezoelectric unimorph microactuator

Collaborators: Prof. Joost Lötters and ir. Gürhan Özkayar

Publication: Gunda, Arun, et al. "Proportional microvalve using a unimorph piezoelectric microactuator." Micromachines 11.2 (2020): 130.

ir. Alok Bharadwaj

Thesis: Measurement of low contact angle droplet topography using optical interferometry

Collaborator: Dr. Lenino Cacace

ir. Bas Bikker

Thesis: Measurement of cooling rate during plunge freezing in electron cryo-microscopy

Collaborator: Dr. Sander den Hoedt

ir. Mick Hsu

Thesis: Single layer graphene mass measurement using a quartz crystal microbalance

Collaborators: Prof. Peter Steeneken and Dr. Robin Dolleman

Publication: Dolleman, Robin J., et al. "Mass measurement of graphene using quartz crystal microbalances." Applied Physics Letters115.5 (2019): 053102.

ir. Sam Smit

Thesis: Conducting polymer microfluidic valve

Collaborator: Dr. Luigi Sasso

ir. Savio De Souza

Thesis: Resonant modes of hollow microcantilevers for characterization of liquids in picolitre volumes

Collaborators: Dr. Pierpaolo Belardinelli and Dr. Farbod Alijani

Publication: Belardinelli, Pierpaolo, et al. "Second flexural and torsional modes of vibration in suspended microfluidic resonator for liquid density measurements." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 30.5 (2020): 055003.

ir. Robert Kramer

Thesis: Microscale 3D-printing of a suspended hollow microfluidic device

Collaborators: Prof. Silvère van der Maarel, Dr. Anita van den Heuvel and Dr. Livia Angeloni

Publication: Kramer, Robert CLN, et al. "Multiscale 3D-printing of microfluidic AFM cantilevers." Lab on a Chip 20.2 (2020): 311-319.

ir. Lili Hauzer

Thesis: Mass and stiffness measurement using a multi-modal analysis

Collaborators: Dr. Pierpaolo Belardinelli and Dr. Farbod Alijani

Publication: Belardinelli, P., et al. "Modal analysis for density and anisotropic elasticity identification of adsorbates on microcantilevers." Applied Physics Letters 113.14 (2018): 143102.

ir. Bram van den Brink

Thesis: Design of a setup for modal testing of microcantilevers immersed in liquid

Collaborator: Dr. Farbod Alijani

Publication: van den Brink, Bram., et al. "Experimental Setup for Dynamic Analysis of Micro-and Nano-Mechanical Systems in Vacuum, Gas, and Liquid." Micromachines 10.3 (2019): 162.

ir. Ronald Spruit

Thesis: Optimzed MEMS-based nanoreactor for in-situ transmission electron microscopy at high temperature and atomospheric pressure

Collaborators: Dr. Hector Hugo Perez Garza (DENS Solutions)

Publication: Spruit, Ronald G., et al. "A review on development and optimization of microheaters for high-temperature in situ studies." Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 26.6 (2017): 1165-1182.

ir. Bart Linssen

Thesis: Merging femtoliter fluid dispensing and silicon microsieve technology

Collaborator: Dr. Regina Luttge (Eindhoven)

ir. Cao Xi

Thesis: Controlled dosing of femtolitre volume liquids using hollow cantilevers

Collaborators: Dr. Hassan HosseinNiakani and Dr. Simone Baldi

Publication: Cao, Xi, et al. "A model for controlled dosing of femto-litre volume liquids using hollow microcantilever." IFAC-PapersOnLine 50.1 (2017): 15542-15547.

ir. Marcel de Laat

Thesis: In-situ stiffness adjustment for AFM probes

Collaborator: Dr. Just Herder

Publications: De Laat, M. L. C., et al. "A review on in situ stiffness adjustment methods in MEMS." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 26.6 (2016): 063001.

De Laat, Marcel., et al. "In situ stiffness adjustment of AFM probes by two orders of magnitude." Sensors 16.4 (2016): 523.