This research lays the foundation of a highly simplified maskless micro-fabrication technique which involves incorporation of laser direct writing technique combined with fountain pen based micro-patterning method to fabricate polymer-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer sensor arrays' prototype for chemical/biological sensing applications. The research provides methodology that focuses on maskless technology, allowing the definition and modification of geometric patterns through the programming of computer software, in contrast to the conventional mask-based photolithographic approach, in which a photomask must be produced before the device is fabricated. The finished waveguide sensors are evaluated on the basis of their performance as general interferometers. The waveguide developed using the fountain pen-based micro-patterning system is compared with the waveguide developed using the current technique of spin coating method for patterning of upper cladding of the waveguide. The resulting output power profile of the waveguides is generated to confirm their functionality as general interferometers. The results obtained are used to confirm the functionality of the simplified micro-fabrication technique for fabricating integrated optical polymer-based sensors and sensor arrays for chemical/biological sensing applications.

The project is about piezoelectric energy harvesters and piezoelectric bio-organic materials.Nowadays, various kinds of energy harvesters based on micro or nano materials are appliedinmanyelectronic applications, such as wearable devices and electricity generators. Amongthem, thepiezoelectric effect-based energy harvesters are more attractive in research and industryfields. Inrecent years, piezoelectric biomaterials become a popular option because they are availabletocouple electrical and mechanical energy in a biological, ecofriendly systemto generate electricityinreal time. Among them, γ- glycine crystals have been recently synthesized in wafer scale throughasimple polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-assisted evaporation process exhibiting good piezoelectricperformance. However, so far there are no metal-free energy-harvesting devices basedonPVA-glycine film to enable green manufacturing. In this project, we proposed the direct inkwritingorganic PEDOT:PSS electrodes and PVA-glycine-PVA piezoelectric crystals to fabricate metal-freeenergy harvesters. The output voltage reaches 1.5 V at a load resistance of 500 MΩandunderaforce of 10 N. The performance is comparable to other glycine-based devices in recent literature.Our scalable, sustainable and low-cost printing process is expected to greatly contribute tothefieldof biomaterials-based piezoelectric energy harvesting. / Projektet handlar om piezoelektriska energiskördare och piezoelektriska bioorganiska material. Nuförtiden används olika typer av energiskördare baserade på mikro- eller nanomaterial i mångaelektroniska applikationer, såsom bärbara enheter och elgeneratorer. Bland dem är de piezoelektriskaeffektbaserade energiskördarna mer attraktiva inom forsknings- och industriområden. På senare år harpiezoelektriska biomaterial blivit ett populärt alternativ eftersom de är tillgängliga för att koppla elektrisk och mekanisk energi i ett biologiskt, miljövänligt system för att generera elektricitet i realtid. Bland dem har γ-glycinkristaller nyligen syntetiserats i waferskala genom en enkel polyvinylalkohol (PVA)-assisterad förångningsprocess som uppvisar god piezoelektrisk prestanda. Än så länge finnsdet dock inga metallfria energiskördande enheter baserade på PVA-glycinfilm för att möjliggöra gröntillverkning. I detta projekt föreslog vi direkt bläckskrivande organiska PEDOT:PSS-elektroder ochPVA-glycin-PVA piezoelektriska kristaller för att tillverka metallfria energiskördare. Utspänningennår1,5 V vid en belastningsresistans på 500 MΩ och under en kraft på 10 N. Prestandan är jämförbar medandra glycinbaserade enheter i nyare litteratur. Vår skalbara, hållbara och billiga utskriftsprocess förväntas i hög grad bidra till området för biomaterialbaserad piezoelektrisk energiskörd.

Parallèlement à l’impression jet d’encre et au bioplotting, l’impression d'éléments biologiques assistée par laser (Laser Assisted Bioprinting : LAB) qui utilise le transfert vers l’avant induit par laser (Laser Induced Forward Transfer : LIFT) a émergé comme une méthode alternative dans l’assemblage et la micro–structuration de biomatériaux et de cellules. Le LAB est une technique d’écriture directe qui offre la possibilité d’imprimer des motifs avec une haute résolution spatiale à partir d'une large gamme de matériaux solides ou liquides, tels que des diélectriques, des biomolécules et des cellules vivantes en solution.Dans nos travaux de recherche, nous avons considéré une approche expérimentale et numérique pour étudier les mécanismes physiques mis en jeu lors de la microimpression d’éléments biologiques assistée par laser. Dans un premier temps nous avons défini les paramètres rhéologiques des bioencres et les conditions de transfert (composition, épaisseur et viscosité de la bioencre et énergie laser). Puis nous avons mené une analyse statistique du volume des gouttelettes déposées pour quatre viscosités de bioencre, cinq épaisseurs de bioencre et cinq énergies laser. Ensuite nous avons conçu et mis en place un système d’imagerie résolue en temps pour étudier les effets de la viscosité sur la dynamique de l’éjection. Nous avons ainsi différencié trois régimes d'éjection en fonction de l'énergie laser déposée dans la couche absorbante, de la viscosité et de l'épaisseur de la bioencre. Parallèlement, un modèle numérique a été mis en place pour comprendre et prédire la dynamique de l’éjection en fonction de paramètres multiples : choix et épaisseur de la couche absorbante, épaisseur de la couche de bioencre, énergie laser déposée. Enfin, au regard de ces études, nous proposons un mécanisme d'éjection des microgouttelettes intervenant au cours du procédé de microimpression assistée par laser. / Over this decade, cell printing strategy has emerged as one of the promising approaches to organize cells in two and three dimensional engineered tissues. In parallel with ink-jet printing and bioplotting, Laser Assisted Bioprinting (LAB) using Laser-Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) has emerged as an alternative method in the assembly and micropatterning of biomaterials and cells. LAB is a laser direct-write technique that offers the possibility of printing micropatterns with high spatial resolution from a wide range of solid or liquid materials, such as dielectrics, biomolecules and living cells in solution. In our research works, we considered an experimental and numerical approach to study the physical mechanisms involved in the biological elements microprinting laser assisted.First we defined the rheological parameters of bioinks and the transfer conditions (composition, thickness and viscosity of the bioink and laser energy). Then we led a statistical analysis of the volume of the transfer droplets for four viscosities of bioink, five thicknesses of bioink and five laser energies. Then we designed and implemented a system for time resolved imaging to study the effects of viscosity on the dynamics of the ejection. Thus we have differentiated three ejection regimes in function of the laser energy released in the absorbing layer, the visocsity and the thickness of the bioink. In parallel, a numerical model was developed to understand and predict the dynamics of the ejection parameters according to multiple choice and thickness of the absorbing layer, thickness of the layer bioencre, energy deposited. Finally, with regard to these studies, we propose a mechanism for ejecting droplets involved in the process of laser-assisted microprinting.

This work deals with the problem of the thick-film pastes and their printing. In the main chapter of this work, the realization of a workplace for thick-film pastes' printing is described. The construction of the realized plotter and the controlling electronics of the plotter is depicted in detail.In the following chapter, the console, through which the plotter is controlled via PC, and the CAD program, which serves for projecting of the motives printed, are described.In the final chapter of this work, the measured profiles of the paste printed for various settings of printing parameters and the photographs of the motives printed are stated.

En raison d’un désordre aléatoire à longue distance, un verre présente une symétrie d'inversion telle que la génération de seconde harmonique (GSH) est interdite. Cependant, par irradiation avec un laser femtoseconde (fs) très focalisé, il est possible de précipiter des cristaux optiquement non linéaires, et de rompre la symétrie d'inversion et donc d'induire une GSH. De plus, ceci peut être réalisé localement en trois dimensions. Pour la démonstration, on a appliqué, dans le système vitreux Li₂O-Nb₂O₅-SiO₂ le mode opératoire décrit ci-dessous qui permet la formation de cristaux de LiNbO₃, hautement optiquement non linéaire. La procédure est la suivante : 1) ajustement de la composition chimique du verre pour obtenir un verre suffisamment sensible au laser fs ; 2) contrôle des paramètres du laser (durée d'impulsion, fréquence de répétition des impulsions, vitesse de balayage du faisceau, énergie d'impulsion…) pour obtenir des nanocristaux avec répartition spatiale et taille correcte. En outre, la taille de la zone affectée doit être limitée ; 3) contrôle de l'orientation des nanocristaux. On montre qu'il est possible de satisfaire à cette condition, en contrôlant l'orientation de la polarisation du laser. Ceci a été montré par la méthode de rétrodiffusion d'électrons de diffraction (EBSD). En d'autres termes, ce processus peut être contrôlé directement avec la lumière. En outre, la spectroscopie par rayons X à dispersion d'énergie couplée à la microscopie à transmission électronique à balayage (STEM /EDS) et la microscopie électronique à transmission a révélé une microstructure orientable similaire à celle appelée nanoréseaux formée dans silice. L'originalité est que les nanocristaux optiques non linéaires texturées noyées dans un réseau de "murs" vitreux, sont alignés perpendiculairement à la direction de polarisation du laser. Il en résulte que la biréfringence et la propriété optique non linéaire peuvent être maîtrisées ensemble. Ceci est une percée dans ce travail de thèse. Ces résultats mettent en évidence des modifications spectaculaires de verre par rayonnement laser fs. Avec de nouvelles améliorations dans les techniques de fabrication, l'application de ce travail est de parvenir à réaliser un guide d'ondes biréfringent doubleur ou changeur de fréquences. / Due to random disorder, a glass exhibits inversion symmetry such that second harmonic generation (SHG) is forbidden. However, by irradiation with a tightly focused femtosecond (fs) laser, it is possible to induce nonlinear optical crystal precipitation, in order to break the inversion symmetry and thus to induce SHG. Moreover, this can be achieved locally in three dimensions. For demonstration, we applied the procedure described below in the glass system Li₂O-Nb₂O₅-SiO₂ that allows the formation of LiNbO₃ crystal, a highly non linear optical one. The procedure is thus the following: 1) adjustment of the glass chemical composition for obtaining a glass sensitive enough to fs laser. 2) control of the laser parameters (pulse duration, pulse repetition rate, speed of beam scanning, pulse energy…) for obtaining nanocrystals with correct space distribution and size. In addition, the size of the affected zone has to be limited. 3) control of the orientation of the nanocrystals. We show that it is possible to fulfill this condition by controlling the laser polarization orientation. This has been achieved by electron backscatter diffraction method (EBSD). In other words, this process can be controlled with light directly. In addition, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy coupled to scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM/EDS) and transmission electron microscopy revealed an orientable microstructure similar to the one called nanogratings form in silica. The originality here is a textured nonlinear optical nanocrystals embedded in a network of “walls” made of vitreous phase, aligned perpendicular to the laser polarization direction. It results that birefringence and nonlinear optical property can be mastered in the same time. This is a highly valuable aspect of the work. These findings highlight spectacular modifications of glass by fs laser radiation. With further improvements in the fabrication techniques, the application of this work is to achieve SHG waveguide and birefringence-based devices.

This work deals with the problem of the thick-film pastes and their printing. In the main chapter of this work, the realization of a workplace for thick-film pastes' printing is described. The construction of the realized plotter and the controlling electronics of the plotter is depicted in detail.In the following chapter, the console, through which the plotter is controlled via PC, and the CAD program, which serves for projecting of the motives printed, are described.In the final chapter of this work, the measured profiles of the paste printed for various settings of printing parameters and the photographs of the motives printed are stated.

在評量學生的寫作能力時，通常採用直接測驗。然而，四技二專統一入學測驗英文專業考科卻採用間接測驗，來評量應用外語科學生的英文寫作能力。本研究旨在檢視專業考科之效力，並研究如何改進現行的考試方式。 為了達成該研究目的，119位應用外語科三年級學生參與本研究。本研究間接測驗試題採用四技二專統一入學測驗英文專業考科，直接測驗試題採用看圖寫作，以檢視專業考科與直接寫作成績之間的相關性。此外本研究使用問卷以調查學生對直接與間接寫作測驗的看法。 結果顯示，專業考科與看圖寫作之間呈現中度相關，表示該專業考科在某種程度上，能顯示出受試者的直接寫作能力。在四個大題中，段落組成及段落語意不連貫句子挑選與看圖寫作呈現中度相關，因此，這兩個大題較能顯示出受試者的直接寫作能力。 然而，問卷調查結果發現，受試者運用篇章結構的知識來完成間接測驗。但是，卻沒有運用相同的概念於直接測驗中。此種現象可能是因為傳統的寫作教學方式著重在文法分析及單字教學。因此，四技二專統一入學測驗的英文專業考科應同時施測直接與間接測驗，以期對英文寫作教學產生正面的回衝效應。 / Direct writing assessment is usually employed to evaluate students’ writing proficiency. However, the Technological and Vocational Education (TVE) Joint College Entrance Exam adopts indirect writing assessment to assess students from Department of Applied Foreign Languages (DAFL) in English Professional Subject (EPS). The purpose of the present paper is to examine the effectiveness of the EPS indirect writing test and how the current practice can be improved. For serving the purpose, a total of 119 third-year DAFL students participated in the study. The researcher uses indirect writing assessment, the EPS indirect writing test, and direct writing assessment, a picture writing task, as the testing instruments to examine the correlation between the two writing measures. Moreover, questionnaires are used to investigate the participants’ perceptions of the two writing tasks. Results indicated that the EPS multiple-choice writing test and the picture writing task exhibited a moderate correlation, suggesting the indirect test could, at least in part, serve as a good indication of the students’ writing competence in direct writing. Results also showed that sentence insertion (SI) and sentence deletion (SD), among the four subtests, moderately correlated with the direct writing task. The two subtests could thus be depended on as a better indication of the participants’ direct writing proficiency. Nevertheless, questionnaire findings displayed that the students applied discourse-level knowledge in the indirect test. Nonetheless, the same concept was not applied to the direct task probably because of the traditional teaching approach to English writing, focusing on grammar analysis and vocabulary teaching. Therefore, the two writing tasks should be combined in the entrance exam to produce positive washback effect on writing instruction.

<p>Micro- and nanoparticles (MNP) attract much attention owing to their unique properties, structural tunability, and wide range of practical applications. To deposit these important materials on surfaces for generating functional coatings, a variety of special delivery systems and coating/printing techniques have been explored. Herein, spray coating technique is a promising candidate to advance the field of nanotechnology due to its low-cost, high-deposition rate, manufacturing flexibility, and compatibility with roll-to-roll processing. Despite great advances, direct scalable spray writing of functional materials at high-spatial resolution through fine patterning without a need of vacuum and mask equipment still remains challenging. Addressing these limitations requires the development of efficient spray deposition techniques and novel manufacturing approaches to effectively fabricate functional coatings. To this end, this dissertation employs three different spray coating methods of (1) cold spray; (2) atomization-assisted supersonic spray, and (3) dual velocity regime spray to address the aforementioned limitations. A comprehensive set of coating materials, design principles, and operational settings for each spray system are tailored for rapid, direct, and sustainable deposition of MNP on various substrates. Besides, through the two-phase flow modeling, droplets dispersion and deposition characteristics were investigated under both subsonic and supersonic flow conditions to uncover the process-structure-property relationships of the established spray systems. Moreover, novel spray-based manufacturing approaches are developed to fabricate functional coatings in various applications, including (i) functional polymer metallization, (ii) printed flexible electronics, (iii) advanced thin-film nanocoating, (iv) laser direct writing, and (v) electronic textiles.</p>