Transduction in M/NEMS-Actuation and Sensing: A Review

V Pachkawade - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article covers rigorous overview of diverse transduction principles that have enabled
successful development of micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) devices …

[HTML][HTML] Photo-induced electrostatic actuators towards micro gap regulator and micro gripper based on lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics

Z Lv, Z Liu, Y Tang, X Wang - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Photo-induced actuators enable potential applications involving soft robots, biomedical
engineering, and microelectromechanical system due to the contactless energy supply and …

Temperature dependence modeling and thermal sensitivity reduction of bulk micromachined silicon MEMS lame resonators

AR Kolahdouz-Moghaddam, S Nabavi… - Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The elastic properties of structural materials considerably influence the resonant frequency
of silicon MEMS resonators and their sensitivity to temperature variations. This work studies …

Deformations of Single-Crystal Silicon Circular Plate: Theory and Experiment

S Lychev, A Digilov, G Demin, E Gusev, I Kushnarev… - Symmetry, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the experimental methodology for the single-crystal circular plate deformation
measurement and subsequent procedure for the quantitation of its mechanical properties …

Lamé resonator integrated with chevron-shaped thermal actuators to improve motional resistance and temperature stability

AR Kolahdouz-Moghaddam, S Nabavi… - Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a capacitive bulk mode resonator operating in Lamé mode, where the
motional resistance and temperature stability are enhanced by implementing a set of …

T-Shape MEMS PMPG design at low frequency range using Taguchi method

MHS Alrashdan, M Alnaanah, Z Al-Qudah… - Microsystem …, 2023 - Springer
Piezoelectric (PZT) micro power generator (PMPG) has a great intention in designing and
fabricating self-powered small electronic devices. These PZT-based devices are very …

A 3 degrees-of-freedom electrothermal micro-positioner for optical chip-to-chip alignment

AAS Rabih, S Nabavi, M Ménard… - Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes an electrothermal three-degrees-of-freedom (3-DOF) micro-positioner
equipped with a waveguide path, which can potentially be used for chip-to-chip alignment in …

Vertical electrostatic MEMS aligner with integrated silicon nitride optical waveguides

S Nabavi, M Ménard, F Nabki - 2022 IEEE Sensors, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work proposes an electrostatic MEMS aligner with the capability of integrating optical
waveguides onto its suspended mechanical structure. The proposed aligner, which has a …

NEMS based actuation and sensing

V Pachkawade - Authorea Preprints, 2023 - techrxiv.org
This article offers rigorous overview of diverse transduction methods that have enabled
successful development of Micro/Nanoelectromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS) …

An electrostatic micropositioner with 3 degrees-of-freedom

SK Nabavi, M Ménard, F Nabki - 2023 IEEE SENSORS, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a novel micropositioner with 3 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) based on
attractive electrostatic forces. The proposed micropositioner is anchored at two distinct …