based piezoresistive MEMS sensors

X Liu, M Mwangi, XJ Li, M O'Brien, GM Whitesides - Lab on a Chip, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper describes the development of MEMS force sensors constructed using paper as
the structural material. The working principle on which these paper-based sensors are …

Development and force/position control of a new hybrid thermo-piezoelectric microgripper dedicated to micromanipulation tasks

M Rakotondrabe, IA Ivan - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new microgripper dedicated to micromanipulation and microassembly tasks is presented
in this paper. Based on a new actuator, called thermo-piezoelectric actuator, the …

Melt-spun thin ribbons of shape memory TiNiCu alloy for micromechanical applications

AV Shelyakov, NN Sitnikov, VV Koledov… - … Journal of Smart and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The development of micromechanical devices (MEMS and NEMS) on the basis of
nanostructured shape memory alloys is reported. A Ti50Ni25Cu25 (at.%) alloy fabricated by …

A load-lock-compatible nanomanipulation system for scanning electron microscope

YL Zhang, Y Zhang, C Ru, BK Chen… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a nanomanipulation system for operation inside scanning electron
microscopes (SEM). The system is compact, making it capable of being mounted onto and …

A novel SU-8 electrothermal microgripper based on the type synthesis of the kinematic chain method and the stiffness matrix method

J Chu, R Zhang, Z Chen - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a new systematic design and optimization procedure used for the
microgrippers driven by a chevron electrothermal actuator. The procedure includes three …

[图书][B] Atomic force microscopy based nanorobotics: modelling, simulation, setup building and experiments

H Xie, C Onal, S Régnier, M Sitti - 2011 - books.google.com
The atomic force microscope (AFM) has been successfully used to perform nanorobotic
manipulation operations on nanoscale entities such as particles, nanotubes, nanowires …

Quantifying growth mechanics of living, growing plant cells in situ using microrobotics

D Felekis, S Muntwyler, H Vogler, F Beyeler… - Micro & Nano Letters, 2011 - IET
Plant cell growth is a fundamental process during plant development and the developmental
biology society has studied cell growth from various aspects using physiological …

based piezoresistive MEMS force sensors

XY Liu, M O'Brien, M Mwangi, XJ Li… - 2011 IEEE 24th …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the development of piezoresistive MEMS force sensors constructed
using paper as the structural material. The sensing principle of the paper-based sensor is …

[图书][B] Micro and nano techniques for the handling of biological samples

J Castillo-León, WE Svendsen, M Dimaki - 2011 - books.google.com
Several micro-and nanomanipulation techniques have emerged in recent decades thanks to
advances in micro-and nanofabrication. For instance, the atomic force microscope (AFM) …

Analysis of nanoscale mechanical grasping under ambient conditions

H Xie, P Lambert, S Régnier - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, in order to understand mechanical grasping at the nanoscale, contact
mechanics between nanogrippers and nanoobjects is studied. Contact models are …