Pull-in instability as an inherently nonlinear and crucial effect continues to become
increasingly important for the design of electrostatic MEMS and NEMS devices and ever …

Bioimaging generally indicates imaging techniques that acquire biological information from
living forms. Among different imaging techniques, optical microscopy plays a predominant …

Increasing demand for rail transportation results in denser and more high-speed usage of
the existing railway network, making new and more advanced vehicle safety systems …

This paper presents the design and prototype of a camera-orienting mechanism. Bioinspired
actuators and mechanisms have been developed to pan and tilt a camera with comparable …

The micromirror based on micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology is widely
employed in different areas, such as scanning, imaging and optical switching. This paper …

Incorporating linear-scanning micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) micromirrors into
Fourier transform spectral acquisition systems can greatly reduce the size of the …

A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror with large vertical displacement has been
developed for Fourier transform microspectrometers, but there exists a large tilting during the …

This article investigates the controller design problem for an electromagnetic torsional
micromirror with guaranteed transient performance constraint. Specifically, the developed …

Three different electrothermally-actuated MEMS micromirrors with Cr/Au-Si bimorph
actuators are proposed. The devices are fabricated with the SOIMUMPs process developed …

A second-order sliding mode control (2-SMC) scheme with a proportional integral derivative
(PID) sliding surface, to achieve enhanced transient response, accurate positioning and …