Based on fundamental equations of the elasticity theory, a unified higher-order shear deformation theory is developed for bending and free vibration analysis functionally graded (FG) microplates with porosities. The modified strain gradient employed to capture size effects. Bi-directional series hybrid shape functions are used solve problems. Several important effects including thickness-to-mat...

In the present study, a vibration analysis of functionally graded rectangular nano-/microplates was considered based on modified nonlinear coupled stress exponential and trigonometric shear deformation plate theories. Modified coupled stress theory is a non-classical continuum mechanics theory. In this theory, a material-length scale parameter is applied to account for the effect of nanostructu...

We present a reduced-order model for electrically actuated microplate-based MEMS. The model accounts for the electric force nonlinearity and the mid-plane stretching of the plate. The linear undamped vibration modes are found numerically using the hierarchical finite-element method. These mode shapes are used in a Galerkin approximation to reduce the partialdifferential equations of motion and ...

Zuckerman, Tsiquaye, and Fulton in 1967 described a method for the cultivation of monolayers of differentiated parenchymal human embryonic liver cells in glass tissue culture plates made especially for this purpose. The apparatus utilized and the precise method of implantation are given in detail by Fulton (1960). This technique was later modified and extended to the culture of very small fragm...

Epitaxial ZnO thin films were grown on single crystalline Au microplates from an aqueous solution at 90 °C. The composite structures were approximately 100 μm wide. The epitaxial ZnO films were smooth, continuous, and several micrometers thick. We examined the epitaxial relationship between the ZnO and Au through scanning electron microscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, high-resolution tr...