Thanks to their absence of play, absence of contact friction and possible monolithic
fabrication, flexure pivots offer advantages over traditional bearings in small-scale, high …

The tasks of electrical micro-and nanoprobing require precision that goes beyond human
perception and therefore, depend on sensors providing real-time feedback. Efforts towards …

Flexure pivots, which are widely used for precision mechanisms, generally have the
drawback of presenting parasitic shifts accompanying their rotation. The known solutions for …

While flexure time bases have gained significant traction in the watchmaking industry thanks
to their high quality factor and monolithic design, maintaining a stable frequency in varying …

Quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) vibration isolators are widely used for vibration isolation due to
their high performance, but their low load-carrying capacity limits their applications. In this …

Thanks to their absence of play, absence of contact friction and possible monolithic
fabrication, flexure pivots offer advantages over traditional bearings in small-scale, high …

Flexure pivots, which are widely used for precision mechanisms, generally have the
drawback of presenting parasitic shifts accompanying their rotation. The known solutions for …

Flexure oscillators are promising time bases, thanks to their high quality factor and
monolithic design compatible with microfabrication. In mechanical watchmaking, they could …

The recent adoption of silicon components by the mechanical watch industry has triggered
the search for new time bases to advantageously replace the traditional balance and …

Flexure pivot oscillators have the potential to advantageously replace the traditional balance
wheel-spiral spring oscillator used in mechanical watches due to their significantly lower …