Quality factor (Q) is an important property of micro-and nano-electromechanical (MEM/NEM)
resonators that underlie timing references, frequency sources, atomic force microscopes …

Advances in micro-and nanofabrication technologies have enabled the development of
novel micro-and nanomechanical resonators which have attracted significant attention due …

Much is known about the nonlinear resonant response of mechanical systems, but methods
for the systematic design of structures that optimize aspects of these responses have …

We demonstrate systematic control of mechanical nonlinearities in micro-electromechanical
(MEMS) resonators using shape optimization methods. This approach generates beams …

In situ stiffness adjustment in microelectromechanical systems is used in a variety of
applications such as radio-frequency mechanical filters, energy harvesters, atomic force …

In this paper, an electrostatic compliant mechanical amplifier intended for force-
compensated displacement amplification in MEMS sensor applications is described …

This paper reports real-time explosive gas sensing (DNT) in atmospheric pressure utilizing
the noise squeezing effect that occurs before a bifurcation event. A noise-squeezing …

Dynamical systems, which are described by differential equations, can have an enhanced
response because of their nonlinearity. As one example, the Duffing oscillator can exhibit …

We present a microelectromechanical systems realization of a classic parametric resonator.
This parametric resonator is ideal in the sense that the electrostatic stiffness, which may be …

Abstract A High Aspect Ratio (HAR) electrostatic comb-drive microactuator of polymethyl-
methacrylate (PMMA) is designed to deliver nearly 40 µm uniaxial displacement at 25 V DC …