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Fabrication of comb-drive actuators for straining nanostructured suspended graphene
, 2018 We report on the fabrication and characterization of an optimized comb-drive actuator design for strain-dependent transport measurements on suspended graphene.
Buca, D. +6 more
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Towards a precision measurement of the Casimir force in a cylinder-plane geometry [PDF]
, 2005 We report on a proposal aimed at measuring the Casimir force in a cylinder-plane configuration. The Casimir force is evaluated including corrections due to finite parallelism, conductivity, and temperature.
B. V. Derjaguin +20 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This article presents the design, modeling, and characterization of air‐pressure–actuated programmable vibroacoustic metamaterials (PVAMM). The study focuses on leveraging air pressure to dynamically tune resonance frequencies for effective noise attenuation.
William Kaal +2 more
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Flexible Vibrotactile Actuator Based on Dielectric Elastomer for Smart Handheld Devices
Applied Sciences, 2021 This paper presents an electroactive and soft vibrotactile actuator based on a dielectric elastomer. The vibrotactile actuator is composed of an upper layer, an adhesive tape layer, a dielectric layer with bumps, and a lower layer.
Yong Hae Heo +3 more
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Flexible parylene actuator for micro adaptive flow control [PDF]
, 2001 This paper describes the first flexible parylene electrostatic actuator valves intended for micro adaptive flow control for the future use on the wings of micro-air-vehicle (MAV).
Ho, C. M. +3 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Additive manufacturing provides precise control over the placement of continuous fibres within polymer matrices, enabling customised mechanical performance in composite components. This article explores processing strategies, mechanical testing, and modelling approaches for additive manufactured continuous fibre‐reinforced composites.
Cherian Thomas, Amir Hosein Sakhaei
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Closed-Loop Control of Electro-Ribbon Actuators
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 Electro-ribbon actuators are lightweight, flexible, high-performance actuators for next generation soft robotics. When electrically charged, electrostatic forces cause the electrode ribbons to progressively zip together through a process called ...
Richard Suphapol Diteesawat +9 more
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Cellular shape micromachined actuator ribbons
Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2022 This work presents a new class of micromachined electrostatic actuators capable of producing output force and displacement unprecedented for MEMS electrostatic actuators. The actuators feature submicron high aspect ratio transduction gaps lined up in two-
Amin Abbasalipour +4 more
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Mems device with large out-of-plane actuation and low-resistance interconnect and methods of use [PDF]
, 2017 Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office, www.uspto.gov”The present application is directed to a MEMS device. The MEMS device includes a substrate having a first end and a second end extending along a longitudinal axis, the Substrate including ...
Beacken, Marc Jay +5 more
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Casimir forces on a silicon micromechanical chip
, 2012 Quantum fluctuations give rise to van der Waals and Casimir forces that dominate the interaction between electrically neutral objects at sub-micron separations.
A Lambrecht +30 more
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