Structural dynamics of microsystems—current state of research and future directions

RM Lin, WJ Wang - Mechanical systems and signal processing, 2006 - Elsevier
Microsystems or micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), as a newly emerged
revolutionary enabling technology, has brought both opportunities and challenges to the …

Measurement of the mechanical properties of electroplated gold thin films using micromachined beam structures

CW Baek, YK Kim, Y Ahn, YH Kim - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2005 - Elsevier
We have measured the Young's modulus, residual stress, and stress gradient of
electroplated gold thin films using surface micromachined beam structures. Cantilever and …

An investigation of fatigue in LIGA Ni MEMS thin films

SM Allameh, J Lou, F Kavishe, T Buchheit… - Materials Science and …, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper presents results of an experimental study of fatigue in LIGA Ni micro-electro-
mechanical systems (MEMS)/thin films produced by electroplating from a sulfamate bath at a …

[HTML][HTML] Essential refinements of spherical nanoindentation protocols for the reliable determination of mechanical flow curves

A Leitner, V Maier-Kiener, D Kiener - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding and linking mechanical properties obtained by spherical indentation
experiments to uniaxial data is extremely challenging. Since the first attempts in the early …

An introduction to mechanical-properties-related issues in MEMS structures

SM Allameh - Journal of materials science, 2003 - Springer
A brief introduction to the issues related to the mechanical properties of MEMS components
in terms of their functionality, types of loading and modes of operation is presented. At the …

Mechanisms of fatigue in LIGA Ni MEMS thin films

Y Yang, BI Imasogie, SM Allameh, B Boyce… - Materials Science and …, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the mechanisms of fatigue in
LIGA Ni micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) thin films with micro-scale columnar and …

Surface acoustic wave trapping in a periodic array of mechanical resonators

V Laude, L Robert, W Daniau, A Khelif… - Applied physics …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The existence of two families of surface acoustic modes trapped by steep ridges on a
piezoelectric substrate, shear horizontal and vertically polarized surface modes, is …

Characterization of Young's modulus and residual stress gradient of MetalMUMPs electroplated nickel film

S He, JS Chang, L Li, H Ho - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2009 - Elsevier
Metal multi-user MEMS processes (MetalMUMPs) offered by MEMSCAP provide a 20μm
thick electroplated nickel film suitable for constructing micro RF tunable capacitors, RF …

Residual stress gradients in electroplated nickel thin films

Y Kilinc, U Unal, BE Alaca - Microelectronic Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Residual stress gradients in electroplated nickel films of 1 μm thickness are characterized for
a wide range of current densities (1–20 mA/cm 2) and electroplating temperatures (30–60° …

Nanomechanical properties of nanocrystalline Ni–Fe mold insert

YM Yeh, GC Tu, TH Fang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2004 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline Ni–Fe alloy micro-mold inserts were fabricated by UV lithographic
technology and pulse current electroforming process. The structure, surface and mechanical …