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Electro-responsive actuators based on graphene
The Innovation, 2021 Electro-responsive actuators (ERAs) hold great promise for cutting-edge applications in e-skins, soft robots, unmanned flight, and in vivo surgery devices due to the advantages of fast response, precise control, programmable deformation, and the ease of ...
Yong-Lai Zhang +5 more
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Modeling the Electrostatic Actuation of Nanomechanical Pillar Dimers
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2021 With their unparalleled mass sensitivity, enabling single-molecule mass spectrometry, nanomechanical resonators have the potential to considerably improve existing sensor technology.
Andreas Kainz +3 more
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Actuators, 2020 Nowadays, the concept of programmable matter paves the way for promising applications such as reshaping an object to test different configurations, modeling or rapid prototyping.
Romain Catry +3 more
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Dynamic Analysis of a Micro Beam-Based Tactile Sensor Actuated by Fringing Electrostatic Fields
Micromachines, 2019 A new kind of fringing electrostatic actuation mode is developed. In this new actuation mode, the expression of fringing electrostatic force is found. The nonlinear dynamic analysis of this new actuation mode is presented by using the Method of Multiple ...
Zhichong Wang +3 more
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Inchworm Motors and Beyond: A Review on Cooperative Electrostatic Actuator Systems
Actuators, 2023 Having benefited from technological developments, such as surface micromachining, high-aspect-ratio silicon micromachining and ongoing miniaturization in complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology, some electrostatic actuators became ...
Almothana Albukhari, Ulrich Mescheder
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Low-Actuation Voltage MEMS Digital-to-Analog Converter with Parylene Spring Structures
Sensors, 2015 We propose an electrostatically-actuated microelectromechanical digital-to-analog converter (M-DAC) device with low actuation voltage. The spring structures of the silicon-based M-DAC device were monolithically fabricated using parylene-C.
Cheng-Wen Ma +4 more
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Experimental characterization of pull-in parameters for an electrostatically actuated cantilever
Applications in Engineering Science, 2020 MEMS-NEMS applications extensively use micro-nano cantilever structures as actuation system, thanks to their intrinsically simple end efficient configuration.
A. Sorrentino +3 more
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A V-Shaped Actuator Utilizing Electrostatic Force
Actuators, 2018 In this study, we propose a new ‘V’-shaped actuator with two panels and experimentally and theoretically investigate its actuation to find the most efficient structure. The V-shaped actuator operates like a seesaw.
Kahye Song, Hyeongyu Lee, Youngsu Cha
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A Method to Enhance Stroke Level of a MEMS Micromirror with Repulsive Electrostatic Force
Micromachines, 2020 This paper presents a method to enhance the stroke level of a MEMS micromirror that, unlike conventional micromirrors, is actuated using a repulsive electrostatic force.
Niwit Aryal, Arezoo Emadi
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Modeling and Control of Electrowetting Induced Droplet Motion
Micromachines, 2012 In this paper, a general methodology for the dynamic study of electrostatically actuated droplets is presented. A simplified 1D transient model is developed to investigate the transient response of a droplet to an actuation voltage and to study the ...
Herman Oprins +2 more
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