Abstract SU-8, an epoxy-based polymer, is industrially very useful material for fabricating
microsystems such as micro-electro-mechanical systems. However, for optimal performance …

Hysteresis and durability are generally on the opposite sides of a trade-off for superelastic
materials. We herein break this trade-off and report that BaTiO 3 (BT) micropillars present …

Tensiometers sense the chemical potential of water (or water potential, Ψw) in an external
phase of interest by measuring the pressure in an internal volume of liquid water in …

Micro and nano pillars of Copper-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) with feature sizes
between about 2 μm and 250 nm are known to exhibit ultra-high mechanical damping due to …

In order to build a tilt sensor having a desired sensitivity and measuring range, one should
select an appropriate type, orientation, and initial position of an accelerometer. Various …

This paper presents a study on dynamics of a dual-mass MEMS vibratory gyroscope in
presence of fabrication imperfections and reports a method for precision electrostatic …

Superelasticity is a characteristic thermomechanical property in shape memory alloys
(SMA), which is due to a reversible stress-induced martensitic transformation. Nano …

A flexible organic piezoresistive micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) strain sensor with
enhanced sensitivity is presented. The piezoresistive transducers consist in CNT/SU-8 …

Devices based on piezoelectric actuation are some of the most promising among the
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Commonly, piezoelectric materials, such as …

Mechanical spectroscopy techniques and internal friction measurements have historically
offered a key contribution to the understanding of fundamental mechanisms of defects …