MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

This the second volume of six from the Annual Conference of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2010, brings together 40 chapters on Microelectromechanical Systems and Nanotechnology. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations on MEMS and Nanotechnology including contributions on Nanomechanical Standards, Magneto-mechanical MEMS Sensors, Piezoelectric MEMS for Energy Harvesting, and Linear and Nonlinear Mass Sensing.

Table of Contents:
1 Nanomechanical Standards Based on the Intrinsic Mechanics of Molecules and Atoms 2 Magneto-mechanical MEMS Sensors for Bio-detection 3 Recent Progress of Piezoelectric MEMS for Energy Harvesting Devices 4 Performance of Piezoelectric Power Generator in Environmental Conditions 5 Comparison of Transduction Efficiency for Energy Harvester Between Piezoelectric Modes 6 Size Effects Associated With Microcompression Experiments on Single-Crystal Magnesium 7 Mechanically Probing Time-dependent Mechanics in Metallic MEMS 8 Small Mass Measurements for Tuning Fork-based Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Spring Constant Calibration 9 Linear and Nonlinear Mass Sensing Using Piezoelectrically-actuated Microcantilevers 10 Calibrating Force and Displacement in the Face of Property Variation 11 Standardization of Nanoscale Interfacial Experiments Using MEMS 12 Arrays of Robust Carbon Nanotube-based NEMS: A Combined Experimental/Computational Investigation 13 Electro-mechanical Response of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites 14 A Test Platform for Systematic Investigation of Tribology in MEMS 15 Full Optical Scatter Analysis for Novel Photonic and Infrared Metamaterials 16 Thermal Management and Metamaterials 17 MEMS Integrated Metamaterial Structure Having Variable Resonance for RF Applications 18 Characterization and Testing of Adaptive RF Metamaterial Structure Using MEMS 19 Design of a Microfluidic Pump, Based on Conducting Polymers 20 Micromotor Fabrication by Surface Micromachining Technique 21 Improvement of Piezoresistive Microcantilever Beams for Gas Detection and Sensing 22 Investigation of the Young's Modulus of Fibers in an Electrospun PCL Scaffold Using AFM and its Correlation to Cell Attachment 23 Recent Progress in E-Beam Lithography for SEM Patterning 24 25 Experimental Methods for Tensile Testing of Metallic Thin Films at High Temperatures 26 Surface Texturing Using Gold Nanoparticles to Reduce Adhesion in MEMS 27 Design of Microswitch Systems Avoiding Stiction Due to Surface Contact Analysis of Scattering-type Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy for Residual-strain Measurements 28 Measurement of Adhesive Force Between two Mica Surfaces With Multiple Beam Interferometry 29 Performance Studies of a Prototypical MEMS Thermal Actuator 30 A New Electrothermal Microactuator With Z-shaped Beams 31 Electrothermal Actuators for Integrated MEMS Safe and Arming Devices 32 Contrast Reversal on Surface Plasmon Resonance Reflectivity in Nickel and Nickel Alloy Films 33 Effect of Accelerated Ultra Violet and Thermal Exposure on Nano Scale Mechanical Properties of Nylon Fibers 34 High Thermal Conductivity Polyurethane-Boron Nitride Nanocomposite Encapsulants 35 Advanced Hard Mask Approach of ICs Copper Interconnects Processes Integration 36 Advances in Thin Film Nanoindentation 37 Mechanical and Piezoelectric Behavior of Thin Film PZT Composites for MEMS Applications 38 Fracture Between Self-assembled Monolayers 39 Control and Quantification of Residual Stresses in Anodically Bonded MEMS Structures 40 Sub-micron Scale Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Fibers Exposed to Ultraviolet and Thermal Degradation.

About the Author :
Dr. Tom Proulx is the Executive Director of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.