A piezoelectrically driven hydraulic amplification microvalve for use in compact high-
performance hydraulic pumping systems was designed, fabricated, and experimentally …

A method and apparatus for del 9. ture of (65) Prior Publication Data pressed fluid and
marking material and depositing the mark ing material in a pattern onto a Substrate, includes …

A piezoelectric actuator capable of high-frequency, high-stiffness actuation in microhydraulic
systems was fabricated and experimentally characterized to frequencies in excess of …

The concept of piezohydraulic actuation is to transfer the reciprocal small stroke
displacement of piezoceramics into unidirectional motion by frequency rectification through …

Hydraulic amplification devices for stroke amplification in MEMS devices have been
designed, fabricated and evaluated experimentally. This work investigates the feasibility of …

In the following study, a new concept of an assistive hand exoskeleton device for Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients is presented. Due to the nature of this disease (causes …

A piezoelectric micro-actuator capable of high stiffness actuation in micro-hydraulic systems
was fabricated and experimentally tested to frequencies in excess of 100 kHz. The actuator …

A bibliography is given containing 2214 references published during 2001 on piezoelectric
and pyroelectric properties of materials and their applications. It includes journal articles …

In this thesis, a new piezoelectric valve system with bi-chevron aluminum nitride (AlN)
actuator is described. The intended application of the new piezoelectric valve is for the …

Previous work [1] has shown that MEMS technology has significant potential to create more
compact, higher-performing hardware for chemical oxygen iodine lasers (COIL). In COILs …