Pull-in instability as an inherently nonlinear and crucial effect continues to become
increasingly important for the design of electrostatic MEMS and NEMS devices and ever …

Nano and micro electro-mechanical systems (NEMS and MEMS) have been attracting a
large amount of attention recently as they have extensive current/potential applications …

This paper initiates the theoretical analysis of nonlinear microbeams and investigates the
static bending, postbuckling and free vibration. The nonlinear model is conducted within the …

The pull-in voltage is crucial in designing an optimal nano/micro-electromechanical system
(N/MEMS). It is vital to have a simple formulation to calculate the pull-in voltage with …

A comprehensive model of an electrostatically actuated microcantilever beam separated
from the ground plane by relatively larger gap is formulated accounting for the nonlinearities …

Because of fasttechnological development, electrostatic nanoactuator devices like
nanosensors, nanoswitches, and nanoresonators are highly considered by scientific …

This letter presents the application of electrostatic pull-in instability to study the size-
dependent effective Young's Modulus E ̃ (∼ 170–70 GPa) of [110] silicon nanocantilevers …

The nonlinear governing equation of microbeam based on the strain gradient theory is
derived by using a combination of the strain gradient theory and the Hamilton's principle …

A modified continuum model of electrically actuated nanobeams is presented by
incorporating surface elasticity in this paper. The classical beam theory is adopted to model …

This paper investigates the effect of dispersion (van der Waals and Casimir) forces on the
pull-in instability of cantilever nano-actuators by considering their range of application …