An electrochemical microactuator: principle and first results

The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope: Principle of Operation and First Results

AMANDA is a high-energy neutrino telescope presently under construction at the geographical South Pole. In the Antarctic summer 1995/96, an array of 80 optical modules (OMs) arranged on 4 strings (AMANDA-B4) was deployed at depths between 1.5 and 2 km. In this paper we describe the design and performance of the AMANDA-B4 prototype, based on data collected between February and November 1996. Mon...

An electrothermal microactuator with Z-shaped beams

This paper introduces a Z-shaped thermal microactuator for in-plane motion, which could be complementary to the well-established comb drives and V-shaped thermal actuators. The Z-shaped actuators share many features in common with the V-shaped ones, but offer certain advantages such as smaller feature size and larger displacement. They also offer a large range of stiffness and output force that...

First Principle Study of MC (M= Al, Ga, and In) at Equilibrium and under Negative Stress

The electronic and magnetic properties of the hypothetical compounds of MC (M=Al, Ga and In) are investigated by using first-principle calculations and pseudopotential plane wave self-consistent field method based on density functional theory. In order to find the most stable phase of MC (M=Al, Ga and In), we study them in zinc-blende (ZB), rocksalt (RS), wurtzite and NiAs crystal structures. W...

Microactuator Arrays for Sublayer Control in Turbulent Boundary Layers Using the Electrokinetic Principle

Electronic transport in Si and Au monoatomic chains considering strongly correlation effect, a first principle study

We have investigated structure and electronic properties of Au and Si liner chains using the firstprinciplesplane wave pseudopotential method. The transport properties and conductance of these twoliner chains are studied using Landauer approaches based on density functional theory (DFT). Weobtain density of states and band gap using Kohn-Sham and Wannier functions as well as quantumconductivity...