Journal Sensors and Actuator A: Physical, Vol. 167, Issue 2

Journal: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A: PHYSICAL

ISSN: 0924-4247 Vol.167/2

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop

Edited by John Wood

Date: June 2011

Special Section: SSSAMW-10

1.	Nanostructured silicon electrodes for solid-state 3-d rechargeable lithium batteries Pages 139-145 James E. Trevey, Jian Wang, Christopher M. DeLuca, Kurt K. Maute, Martin L. Dunn, Se-Hee Lee, Victor M. Bright

2.	Temperature distribution on thermal conductivity detectors for flow rate insensitivity Pages 146-151 B.C. Kaanta, A.J. Jonca, H. Chen, X. Zhang

3.	A multi-axis electrothermal micromirror for a miniaturized OCT system Pages 152-161 U. Izhar, A.B. Izhar, S. Tatic-Lucic

Regular Papers

Physical Section

4.	Design and characterization of polymeric pressure sensors for wireless wind sail monitoring Pages 162-170 A. Rossetti, R. Codeluppi, A. Golfarelli, M. Zagnoni, A. Talamelli, M. Tartagni

5.	Tactile sensing for dexterous in-hand manipulation in robotics—A review Pages 171-187 Hanna Yousef, Mehdi Boukallel, Kaspar Althoefer

6.	Investigation of humidity sensing properties of ZnS nanowires synthesized by vapor liquid solid (VLS) technique Pages 188-193 N. Üzar, S. Okur, M.Ç. Arıkan

7.	Contactless rotational concentric microviscometer Pages 194-203 Simon Kuenzi, Eric Meurville, Emeric Grandjean, Sigfrid Straessler, Peter Ryser

8.	All-fiber embedded PM-PCF vibration sensor for Structural Health Monitoring of composite Pages 204-212 Harneet V. Thakur, Sandipan M. Nalawade, Yogesh Saxena, K.T.V. Grattan

9.	Spectral analysis of a synthetic jet Pages 213-225 Václav Tesař, Jozef Kordík

10.	A microfluidic preconcentrator for enhanced monitoring of ethylene gas Pages 226-230 Ali Badar Alamin Dow, Adam Sklorz, W. Lang

11.	A novel serial high frequency surface acoustic wave humidity sensor Pages 231-236 Sheng Lei, Chao Deng, Yuquan Chen, Yang Li

12.	Direct parameter extraction in feedthrough-embedded capacitive MEMS resonators Pages 237-244 Joshua E.-Y. Lee, Ashwin A. Seshia

13.	Highly sensitive GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction bolometer Pages 245-248 P.K.D.D.P. Pitigala, P.V.V. Jayaweera, S.G. Matsik, A.G.U. Perera, H.C. Liu

14.	A parametrically amplified MEMS rate gyroscope Pages 249-260 Z.X. Hu, B.J. Gallacher, J.S. Burdess, C.P. Fell, K. Townsend

15.	Dual capacitive sensors for non-contact AC voltage measurement Pages 261-266 K.M. Tsang, W.L. Chan

16.	Metrological atomic force microscope with self-sensing measuring head Pages 267-272 Jian Zhao, Tong Guo, Long Ma, Xing Fu, Xiaotang Hu

17.	Performance study of a ‘constant phase angle based’ impedance sensor to detect milk adulteration Pages 273-278 Siuli Das, Mulinti Sivaramakrishna, Karabi Biswas, Bhaswati Goswami

18.	Fiber grating sensors in medicine: Current and emerging applications Pages 279-290 Vandana Mishra, Nahar Singh, Umesh Tiwari, Pawan Kapur

19.	Electrical properties of Sr–Bi–Mn–Fe–O thick-film NTC thermistors prepared by screen printing Pages 291-296 Changlai Yuan, Xinyu Liu, Meifang Liang, Changrong Zhou, Hua Wang

20.	Development of a helium flow sensor based on dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure Pages 297-303 Tae Hoon Kim, Sung Jin Kim

21.	Placement of accelerometers for high sensing resolution in micromanipulation Pages 304-316 Win Tun Latt, U-Xuan Tan, Cameron N. Riviere, Wei Tech Ang

22.	Characterization of the behaviour of a quartz crystal resonator fully immersed in a Newtonian liquid by impedance analysis Pages 317-326 M. Cassiède, J.-L. Daridon, J.H. Paillol, J. Pauly

23.	A comparison of mass parameters determination using capacitive and optical sensors Pages 327-331 V. Carvalho, M. Belsley, R. Vasconcelos, F. Soares

24.	Significant increase in humidity sensing characteristics of praseodymium doped magnesium ferrite Pages 332-337 Jyoti Shah, Manju Arora, L.P. Purohit, R.K. Kotnala

25.	Monitoring of large strains in submerged geotextile tubes using plastic optical fibre sensors Pages 338-346 K.S.C. Kuang, C.Y. Tan, S.H. Chew, S.T. Quek

26.	Measurement of density and viscosity of dodecane and decane with a piezoelectric tuning fork over 298–448 K and 0.1–137.9 MPa Pages 347-353 Yi Liu, Rocco DiFoggio, Kerry Sanderlin, Louis Perez, Jinsong Zhao

27.	Chip calorimeter for thermal characterization of bio-chemical solutions Pages 354-358 T. Adrega, A.W. van Herwaarden

28.	Comparison of invasive and non-invasive cylindrical capacitive sensors for electrical measurements of different water solutions and mixtures Pages 359-366 G. Behzadi, H. Golnabi

29.	Using hierarchy architecture of Morpho butterfly scales for chemical sensing: Experiment and modeling Pages 367-373 Xuefeng Yang, Zhengchun Peng, Haibo Zuo, Tielin Shi, Guanglan Liao

Interfaces Section

30.	Readout of MEMS capacitive sensors beyond the condition of pull-in instability Pages 374-384 G. Langfelder, T. Frizzi, A. Longoni, A. Tocchio, D. Manelli, E. Lasalandra

Materials & Technology Section

31.

A method for the determination of the thermally induced optical and structural changes of polymers used to fabricate lightpipes integrated in CMOS image sensor arrays
Pages 385-388
Rino Marinelli, Elia Palange, Marco Faccio, Stefano Guerrieri, Andrea Del Monte, Giovanni De Amicis, Alfonso D’Anna

32.	Branched carbon nanotubes to realize a novel capacitive sensor and actuator device Pages 389-397 S. Darbari, Y. Abdi, S. Mohajerzadeh

33.	Void control in adhesive bonding using thermosetting polymer Pages 398-405 Lei Nie, Kiwon Lee, Sangyong Lee, Tielin Shi, Guanglan Liao

Actuator Section

34.	Creep compensation method in a thin film PZT structure for a spatial optical modulator Pages 406-415 Anatoliy Lapchuk, Sang Kyeong Yun, Seungdo An, Jonghyeong Song, Victor Yurlov, ElMostafa Bourim, HaengSeok Yang, HeungWoo Park

35.	Effective optimization of electromagnetic energy harvesters through direct computation of the electromagnetic coupling Pages 416-421 C. Cepnik, O. Radler, S. Rosenbaum, T. Ströhla, U. Wallrabe

36.	Design of smart drivers for electrostatic MEMS switches Pages 422-432 Norbert Dumas, Carlo Trigona, Patrick Pons, Laurent Latorre, Pascal Nouet

37.	Pneumatically actuated active polymer pen lithography Pages 433-437 Yoonsoo Han, Chang Liu

38.	A quadristable compliant mechanism with a bistable structure embedded in a surrounding beam structure Pages 438-448 Huy-Tuan Pham, Dung-An Wang

39.	A shear mode piezoelectric energy harvester based on a pressurized water flow Pages 449-458 Dung-An Wang, Nine-Zeng Liu

40.	Spray deposited multilayered dielectric elastomer actuators Pages 459-467 O.A. Araromi, A.T. Conn, C.S. Ling, J.M. Rossiter, R. Vaidyanathan, S.C. Burgess

41.	Analysis of piezoelectric effects on various loading conditions for energy harvesting in a bridge system Pages 468-483 Sang-Hyo Kim, Jin-Hee Ahn, Ha-Min Chung, Hyung-Won Kang

42.	Bi-bellows: Pneumatic bending actuator Pages 484-494 Yoel Shapiro, Alon Wolf, Kosa Gabor

43.	A piezoelectric unimorph actuator based tip-tilt-piston micromirror with high fill factor and small tilt and lateral shift Pages 495-501 Yiping Zhu, Wenjing Liu, Kemiao Jia, Wenjun Liao, Huikai Xie

Micromechanics Section

44.	Development and characterization of a packaged mechanically actuated microtweezer system Pages 502-511 Brock A. Wester, Swaminathan Rajaraman, James D. Ross, Michelle C. LaPlaca, Mark G. Allen

45.	Simulation and verification of a piezoelectrically actuated diaphragm for check valve micropump design Pages 512-516 Jianke Kang, Gregory W. Auner

46.	New carbon nanotubes growth process in a closed microfabricated channel for liquid chromatography application Pages 517-523 A. Fonverne, C. Demesmay, F. Ricoul, E. Rouvière, J. Dijon, F. Vinet

47.	Simultaneous high-Q confinement and selective direct piezoelectric excitation of flexural and extensional lateral vibrations in a silicon phononic crystal slab resonator Pages 524-530 Saeed Mohammadi, Ali. A. Eftekhar, Reza Pourabolghasem, Ali Adibi

Systems/Applications Section

48.	Modeling radiative heating of liquids in microchip reaction chambers Pages 531-536 Christopher R. Phaneuf, Nikita Pak, Craig R. Forest

49.	Proposal of generalized vernier effect and its practical advantage for RF time-of-flight ranging between sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks Pages 537-547 Sang-il Ko, Jun-ya Takayama, Shinji Ohyama

50.	A novel FBG-based security fence enabling to detect extremely weak intrusion signals from nonequivalent sensor nodes Pages 548-555 Huijuan Wu, Yunjiang Rao, Cheng Tang, Yu Wu, Yuan Gong

51.	Nonlinear black-box models and force-sensorless damping control for damping systems using magneto-rheological fluid dampers Pages 556-573 Dinh Quang Truong, Kyoung Kwan Ahn

52.	Actuation to sensing crosstalk investigation in the inertial sensor front-end electronics of the laser interferometer space antenna pathfinder satellite Pages 574-580 Li Gan, Davor Mance, Peter Zweifel

53.	Strain sensing properties of cement-based sensors embedded at various stress zones in a bending concrete beam Pages 581-587 Huigang Xiao, Hui Li, Jinping Ou

54.	Fuzzy pattern recognition of impact acoustic signals for nondestructive evaluation Pages 588-593 S.X. Liu, F. Tong, B.L. Luk, K.P. Liu

Technology Section

55.	Microfabrication of cesium vapor cells with buffer gas for MEMS atomic clocks Pages 594-601 M. Hasegawa, R.K. Chutani, C. Gorecki, R. Boudot, P. Dziuban, V. Giordano, S. Clatot, L. Mauri

56.	Tunable electromagnetically actuated liquid-filled lens Pages 602-607 Hongbin Yu, Guangya Zhou, Fook Siong Chau, Sujeet K. Sinha

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