The need for precision positioning applications has enormously influenced the research and
development towards the growth of precision actuators. Over the years, piezoelectric …

Underwater wireless information transfer is of great interest to the military, industry, and the
scientific community, as it plays an important role in tactical surveillance, pollution …

Since their discovery in 1991 by the Japanese scientist “Sumio Iijima”, carbon nanotubes
have been of great interest, both from a fundamental point of view and for future …

Discussing theory and transport, synthesis, processing, properties, and applications, this
second edition of a standard resource covers advances in the field of electrically conducting …

Ultrasmall Radio Frequency and Micro-wave Microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMs),
such as switches, varactors, and phase shifters, exhibit nearly zero power consumption or …

A series of experiments is presented which demonstrate significant drag reduction for the
laminar flow of water through microchannels using hydrophobic surfaces with well-defined …

This book is a comprehensive guide to new DFT methods that will show the readers how to
design a testable and quality product, drive down test cost, improve product quality and …

Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) based microfluidic devices have gained
popularity in biomedicine field over the last few years. In this paper, a comprehensive …

Rapid advances in synthetic polymer science and nanotechnology have revealed new
avenues of development in conductive electroactive polymers that take greater advantage of …

Nanotechnology refers to technology that is implemented at the nanoscale and has
applications in the real world. Unique physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials …