Innovations in relevant micro-contact areas are highlighted, these include, design, contact
resistance modeling, contact materials, performance and reliability. For each area the basic …

The development of electronic skin (e‐skin) is of great importance in human‐like robotics,
healthcare, wearable electronics, and medical applications. In this paper, a bioinspired e …

Direct contact, ohmic MEMS switches for RF applications have several advantages over
other conventional switching devices. Advantages include lower insertion loss, higher …

A general electrical contact resistance ECR theory for conductive rough surfaces was
derived from first principles. The analysis is based on fractal geometry for the surface …

We explore, both experimentally and theoretically, the possibility to use a composite of
natural rubber (NR) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) as a piezoresistive tensile …

An electrical contact resistance (ECR) theory is presented for conductive and rough (fractal)
surfaces separated by a thin insulating film, which is treated as an energy barrier that …

This work explores the possibilities for the ultrafast sintering of binderless tungsten carbide
by electric/pressure assisted sintering. A limited voltage (3–4 V) in AC condition was applied …

Conductive polymer composites are manufactured by randomly dispersing conductive
particles along an insulating polymer matrix. Several authors have attempted to model the …

Enhanced output power from a ZnO nanorod (NR)-based piezoelectric nanogenerator
(PNG) is demonstrated by forming a heterojunction with Si micropillar (MP) array. The length …

This work is the first to report on a new analytic model for predicting micro-contact resistance
and the design, fabrication, and testing of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) metal …