abstract: the main aim of the vibration energy harvesters is to locally power autonomous devices such as wireless sensors. generally, power levels are low and the environmental benefit of the technology is to replace batteries rather than saving energy per se. piezoelectric vibrational energy harvesters are usually inertial mass based devices, where a cantilever beam with a piezoelectric outer ...

An original approach for mechanical characterization was developed using indentation assisted micro-bending. Aiming at the reliable measurement of elastic modulus multi-scale solids, technique relies on deflection measurements cantilever-type beams modeled within framework foundation. The inference is carried out by postulating inverse problem and solving it via error minimization approach. val...

We have developed a wireless-controlled compact optical switch by siliconmicromachining techniques with DC magnetron sputtering. For the optical switchingoperation, micro mirror is designed as cantilever shape size of 5mm×800μm×50μm.TbDyFe film is sputter-deposited on the upper side of the mirror with the condition as: Argas pressure below 1.2×10-9 torr, DC input power of 180W and heating tempe...

Efficient mixing strategies in a fluid involve generation of multi-scale flows which are strongly suppressed in highly viscous systems. In this work, we report a novel form of multi-scale flow, driven by an external electric field, in a highly viscous (η∼ 1 Pa s) oil-in-oil emulsion system consisting of micron-size droplets. This electro-hydrodynamic flow leads to dynamical organization at spat...

The dynamic characterization of a set of gold micro beams by electrostatic excitation in presence of residual stress gradient has been studied experimentally. A method to determine the micro-cantilever residual stress gradient by measuring the deflection and curvature and then identifying the residual stress model by means of frequency shift behaviour is presented. A comparison with different n...

This paper presents a micro-scale air flow sensor based on a free-standingcantilever structure. In the fabrication process, MEMS techniques are used to deposit asilicon nitride layer on a silicon wafer. A platinum layer is deposited on the silicon nitridelayer to form a piezoresistor, and the resulting structure is then etched to create afreestanding micro-cantilever. When an air flow passes ov...

The adhesion and interaction properties of functionalised surfaces (substrate or cantilever) were investigated by means of atomic force microscope (AFM) related force measurements. The surfaces were functionalised with a polyelectrolyte: Poly(Allylamine Hydrochloride) (PAH), or with silanes: 3 (ethoxydimethylsilyl) propyl amine (APTES) or (3 aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APDMES). Measurements o...

The use of a Nomarski shear-interferometer with a sinusoidal phase modulation and four integrating buckets allows one to obtain the displacement field of the surface of a micro-cantilever observed in reflection microscopy. One can apply an electrostatic loading to this micro-object, which is first represented as an unknown pressure field. When retrieving both the flexural stiffness field and th...