Review of electrothermal actuators and applications

A Potekhina, C Wang - Actuators, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a review of electrothermal micro-actuators and applications.
Electrothermal micro-actuators have been a significant research interest over the last two …

In-plane and out-of-plane MEMS piezoresistive cantilever sensors for nanoparticle mass detection

A Setiono, M Bertke, WO Nyang'au, J Xu, M Fahrbach… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigate the performance of two piezoresistive micro-electro-mechanical
system (MEMS)-based silicon cantilever sensors for measuring target analytes (ie, ultrafine …

Performance of an electrothermal mems cantilever resonator with fano-resonance annoyance under cigarette smoke exposure

A Setiono, M Fahrbach, A Deutschinger, EJ Fantner… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
An electrothermal piezoresistive cantilever (EPC) sensor is a low-cost MEMS resonance
sensor that provides self-actuating and self-sensing capabilities. In the platform, which is of …

Visible Light-Driven p-Type Semiconductor Gas Sensors Based on CaFe2O4 Nanoparticles

O Casals, A Šutka, T Granz, A Waag, HS Wasisto… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, we present conductometric gas sensors based on p-type calcium iron oxide
(CaFe2O4) nanoparticles. CaFe2O4 is a metal oxide (MOx) with a bandgap around 1.9 eV …

Fabrication of a microcantilever-based aerosol detector with integrated electrostatic on-chip ultrafine particle separation and collection

M Bertke, J Xu, A Setiono, I Kirsch… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, fabrication and testing of a miniaturized microcantilever-based particulate
matter detector with integrated electrostatic on-chip ultrafine particle (UFP) separation and …

[HTML][HTML] Piezoresistive Cantilever Microprobe with Integrated Actuator for Contact Resonance Imaging

T Ma, M Fahrbach, E Peiner - Sensors, 2025 - mdpi.com
A novel piezoresistive cantilever microprobe (PCM) with an integrated electrothermal or
piezoelectric actuator has been designed to replace current commercial PCMs, which …

Improvement of frequency responses of an in-plane electro-thermal cantilever sensor for real-time measurement

A Setiono, WO Nyang'au, M Fahrbach… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Resonance-based sensors ordinarily show a symmetrical amplitude shape, which is
accompanied by a monotonic transition as its phase response. At its resonance state, there …

Strategy toward miniaturized, self-out-readable resonant cantilever and integrated electrostatic microchannel separator for highly sensitive airborne nanoparticle …

M Bertke, J Xu, M Fahrbach, A Setiono, HS Wasisto… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a self-out-readable, miniaturized cantilever resonator for highly sensitive
airborne nanoparticle (NP) detection is presented. The cantilever, which is operated in the …

Developing A Portable Electrothermal Microcantilever Read-out System

L Aprilia, FZ Muhammad… - … Conference on Radar …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study explores the application of tipless microcantilever sensors in a portable particle
detection system. The system incorporates a multi-instrument test and measurement device …

Enhancement of unsteady frequency responses of electro-thermal resonance MEMS cantilever sensors

A Setiono, WO Nyang'au, M Fahrbach… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Unsteady frequency response of in-plane electro-thermal MEMS-based cantilever sensors
can cause up-/down-shifting of the resonance phase, which becomes an inhibitive factor in …