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 …

Micro and nanoelectromechanical systems M/NEMS have been extensively investigated
and exploited in the past few decades for various applications and for probing fundamental …

This article presents a compact piezoelectric vibration energy harvester (VEH) using multiple
nonlinear techniques to tuning the resonant frequency and broadening the bandwidth. The …

Complex, three-dimensional (3D) mesostructures that incorporate advanced, mechanically
active materials are of broad, growing interest for their potential use in many emerging …

In this research, an omnidirectional scanning micromirror fabricated using a three-
dimensional (3D) printing process and manual assembly is presented. The core part of the …

This article presents a new concept for electrostatic energy harvesting devices that increase
output power under displacement limited inertial mass motion at sufficiently large …

Spurred by the invention of the tapping-mode atomic force microscopy three decades ago,
various micromechanical structures and systems that utilize parts with mechanical impact …

Static and dynamic analyses of an electrostatic microbeam under repulsive force actuation
are presented. The repulsive force, created through a specific electrode configuration …

We report a design method to enhance the output power of vibrational
microelectromechanical system (MEMS) electrostatic energy harvesters by reducing the …

Micro/nanomechanical resonators often exhibit nonlinear behaviors due to their small size
and their ease to realize relatively large amplitude oscillation. In this work, we design a …