This paper presents a review of electrothermal micro-actuators and applications.
Electrothermal micro-actuators have been a significant research interest over the last two …

Endoscopes are used routinely in modern medicine for in-vivo imaging of luminal organs.
Technical advances in the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and optical fields have …

In light of the global climate crisis and commitments toward net-zero carbon emissions, this
Perspective evaluates the current status of developments in recycling methods and …

Flexible and stretchable microdevices incorporate highly deformable structures, facilitating
precise functionality at the micro-and millimetre scale. The flexible microdevices have …

The aim of the study is to get high displacement values with low actuation voltage from the
micro-gripper fabricated by stereolithography (SLA) method. Micro-grippers are devices …

This work presents an automatic threshold shock-sensing trigger system that consists of a bi-
stable triboelectric transducer and a levitation-based electrostatic mechanism. The bi-stable …

This work demonstrates the processing, modeling, and characterization of nanocrystalline
refractory metal tantalum (Ta) as a new structural material for microelectromechanical …

In this work, a Chevron electrothermal actuator is designed and its analytical model is
developed. Chevron actuator works on the principle of Joules heating effect and thermal …

This work investigates a new type of microactuator for optical applications and a new type of
assembly that incorporates free flight phases to overcome the lack of ball bearings in …

This paper presents a system-level model of a microsystem architecture deploying
cooperating microactuators. An assembly of a piezoelectric kick-actuator and an …