Thermocapillary actuation of liquid plugs using a heater array
Pages 145-155
Zhenjun Jiao, Nam-Trung Nguyen and Xiaoyang Huang

A calculable sensor for electrical impedance tomography
Pages 156-161
Zhang Cao, Huaxiang Wang, Wuqiang Yang and Yong Yan

Silicon shadow mask fabrication for patterned metal deposition with microscale dimensions using a novel corner compensation scheme
Pages 168-175
Matt Apanius, Pankaj B. Kaul and Alexis R. Abramson

Photoresponsive polymer gel microvalves controlled by local light irradiation
Pages 176-184
Shinji Sugiura, Kimio Sumaru, Katsuhide Ohi, Kazuaki Hiroki, Toshiyuki Takagi and Toshiyuki Kanamori

Fabrication of high aspect-ratio polymer microstructures for large-area electronic portal X-ray imagers
Pages 185-193
J.H. Daniel, A. Sawant, M. Teepe, C. Shih, R.A. Street and L.E. Antonuk

Manufacture and characterization of sol–gel V_1−x−yW_xSi_yO₂ films for uncooled thermal detectors
Pages 194-199
Thomas C.-K. Yang, Benjamin P.-P. Hung, Y.-C. Chen, Ming-Hong Lai and Tsair-Wang Chung

On the performance of 1–3 piezoelectric composites with a passive and active matrix
Pages 200-206
Christian N. Della and Dongwei Shu

A comparative study of the physical properties of CdS, Bi₂S₃ and composite CdS–Bi₂S₃ thin films for photosensor application
Pages 207-214
R.R. Ahire, N.G. Deshpande, Y.G. Gudage, A.A. Sagade, S.D. Chavhan, D.M. Phase and Ramphal Sharma

Transformation ratio of “ring-dot” planar piezoelectric transformer
Pages 215-224
Petr Půlpán and Jiří Erhart

In-plane strain of electro-active paper under electric fields
Pages 225-231
Jaehwan Kim, Woochul Jung and Heung Soo Kim

Evaluation of dielectric gel coating for encapsulation of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC) actuators
Pages 232-238
João Barramba, João Silva and P.J. Costa Branco

Voltage-induction type electrostatic film motor driven by two- to four-phase ac voltage and electrostatic induction
Pages 239-250
Norio Yamashita, Zu Guang Zhang, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiko Gondo and Toshiro Higuchi

Real-time frequency compensatory filter for adjusting dynamic bandwidth of single-degree-of-freedom sensor system
Pages 251-256
Dae-Hyun Kim

Low cycle fatigue of single crystal silicon thin films
Pages 257-265
Hsien-Kuang Liu, B.J. Lee and Pang-Ping Liu