The multi-billion-dollar market for micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices containing micron-sized moving parts produced by photolithographic processes is overwhelmingly dominated by silicon. However, this material is not suitable for the fabrication of certain devices, and academic institutions and company research labs are using various compound semiconductor materials to produce MEM...

This paper details preliminary work investigating Internet-based simulation of microsystems. It is in no means exhaustive, and focuses on using mainstream, current web-based technology while highlighting anticipated future directions in relevant internet technology. It proposes a paradigm of automation that limits the information that needs to pass back and forth between a browser-based client ...

We present a variant of the model introduced by Vogel and Yang [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A23, 1074 (2006)] for point-actuated deformable mirrors (DMs) with continuous facesheets, and we describe a robust efficient regularized- output least-squares computational scheme to estimate the parameters in the model, given noisy discrete observations of the DM response to known actuation. We demonstrate the eff...

In this research, wave propagation analysis in polymeric smart nanocomposite micro-tubes reinforced by single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) conveying fluid is studied. The surrounded elastic medium is simulated by visco-Pasternak model while the composite micro-tube undergoes electro-magneto-mechanical fields. By means of micromechanics method, the constitutive structural coefficients of nano...

Hot embossing of micro-lens array on bulk metallic glass C.T. Pan a,∗, T.T. Wu a, M.F. Chen a, Y.C. Chang b, C.J. Lee b, J.C. Huang b a Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaoshiung 804, Taiwan, ROC b Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Nati...

In this paper, a microstructure-dependent magneto-electro-elastic functionally graded porous (MEEFGP) beam model is proposed using variational approach. To account for the microstructure effect, extended modified couple stress theory incorporated in new model. addition, porosity variation of two-phase through thickness direction also considered. The developed verified terms its correctness with...

The micromachining technology that emerged in the late 1980s is able to provide micron-sized sensors and actuators. These micro transducers can be integrated with signal conditioning and processing circuitry to form micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) that can perform real-time distributed control. This capability opens up new territory for flow control research. On the other hand, surface e...

In this study, free vibration of a foam-core orthotropic smart composite cylindrical shell (SCCS) filled with a non-viscous compressible fluid, subjected to combined electro-thermo-mechanical loads is investigated.  Piezoelectric polymeric cylindrical shell, is made from polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and reinforced by armchair double walled boron nitride nanotubes (DWBNNTs). Characteristics of...