An Overview of Microrobotic Systems for Microforce Sensing

G Adam, M Boudaoud, V Reynaud… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Considering microbotics, microforce sensing, their working environment, and their control
architecture together, microrobotic force-sensing systems provide the potential to outperform …

MEMS-based pulse wave sensor utilizing a piezoresistive cantilever

TV Nguyen, Y Mizuki, T Tsukagoshi, T Takahata… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper reports on a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensor for pulse
wave measurement. The sensor consists of an air chamber with a thin membrane and a 300 …

Sliding of water droplets on micropillar-structured superhydrophobic surfaces

CW Yao, S Tang, D Sebastian, R Tadmor - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the specific behavior of water droplet detachment from a micropillar-
structured superhydrophobic surface is essential in a variety of potential applications …

Double-actuator position-feedback mechanism for adjustable sensitivity in electrostatic-capacitive MEMS force sensors

A Nastro, M Ferrari, V Ferrari - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel double-actuator position-feedback mechanism for micro electro-
mechanical electrostatic-capacitive force sensors. Compared to a single-actuator position …

Superhydrophobic frictions

T Mouterde, PS Raux, C Clanet… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Contrasting with its sluggish behavior on standard solids, water is extremely mobile on
superhydrophobic materials, as shown, for instance, by the continuous acceleration of drops …

Bubble entrapment during the recoil of an impacting droplet

TV Nguyen, M Ichiki - Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2020 - nature.com
When a droplet impacts a (super-) hydrophobic surface, there is a range of Weber numbers
within which bubble entrapment will occur during droplet recoil due to closure of the air …

Wetting behavior of a water droplet on a mutual periodic micro-patterned ternary texture structure

M Mekawy, T Hiroi, M Tenjimbayashi… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wetting behavior of a water droplet at a hydrophilic ternary texture structured (TTS) surface
is unclear and rarely reported. Herein, wetting behavior of a water droplet was examined for …

A MEMS-based measurement system for evaluating the force-length relationship of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes adhered on a …

K Matsudaira, H Takahashi… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports on a method for evaluating the force-length relationship of adhering
human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) on the substrate …

Development and evaluation of a two-axial shearing force sensor consisting of an optical sensor chip and elastic gum frame

T Takeshita, K Harisaki, H Ando, E Higurashi… - Precision …, 2016 - Elsevier
We developed a promising shearing force sensor that is small in size and can measure
shearing force along two axes independently. This sensor consists of an elastic gum frame …

Depinning-induced capillary wave during the sliding of a droplet on a textured surface

TV Nguyen, T Tsukagoshi, H Takahashi, K Matsumoto… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
Surfaces covered with hydrophobic micro-/nanoscale textures can allow water droplets to
slide easily because of low contact angle hysteresis. In contrast to the case of a droplet …