Journal Sensors and Actuator A: Physical, Vol. 149, Issue 1

Journal: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A: PHYSICAL

ISSN: 0924-4247 Vol.149/1

Date: 15 January 2009

1.	Editorial Board Page CO2

General Section

2.	A new sensing method using contact voltage for material discrimination Pages 1-6 Akira Kimoto, Yushi Ichinose, Katsunori Shida

Physical Section

3.	Measurement of dynamic lubricating oil film thickness between piston ring and liner in a motored engine Pages 7-15 Atul Dhar, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Vishal Saxena

4.	Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ codoped Gd₂O₃ nano-phosphor for optical thermometry Pages 16-20 Sunil Kumar Singh, Kaushal Kumar, S.B. Rai

5.	On a deterministic approach for the evaluation of gas damping in inertial MEMS in the free-molecule regime Pages 21-28 A. Frangi, A. Ghisi, L. Coronato

6.	Design and fabrication of a new MEMS capacitive microphone using a perforated aluminum diaphragm Pages 29-37 Bahram Azizollah Ganji, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

7.	Dynamic and kinematic viscosity measurements with a resonating microtube Pages 38-41 D. Sparks, R. Smith, V. Cruz, N. Tran, A. Chimbayo, D. Riley, N. Najafi

8.	Multiple-frequency ultrasonic distance measurement using direct digital frequency synthesizers Pages 42-50 Ke-Nung Huang, Yu-Pei Huang

9.	Experimental study on use of nickel powder-filled Portland cement-based composite for fabrication of piezoresistive sensors with high sensitivity Pages 51-55 B.G. Han, B.Z. Han, J.P. Ou

10.	The physics of a coflow micro-extractor: Interface stability and optimal extraction length Pages 56-64 J. Berthier, Van-Man Tran, F. Mittler, N. Sarrut

11.	Limits to the integration of filters and lenses on thermoelectric IR detectors by flip-chip techniques Pages 65-73 J. Fonollosa, M. Carmona, J. Santander, L. Fonseca, M. Moreno, S. Marco

12.	Calibration and on-line data selection of multiple optical flow sensors for odometry applications Pages 74-80 Jwu-Sheng Hu, Yung-Jung Chang, Yu-Lun Hsu

13.	Low cost inductor current sensing for power converters using feedback compensation Pages 81-86 K.M. Tsang, W.L. Chan

14.	Investigations into the effects of illumination and acceleration on optical mouse sensors as contact-free 2D measurement devices Pages 87-92 N. Tunwattana, A.P. Roskilly, R. Norman

Interface Electronics and Sensor Systems Section

15.	A new discrete circuit for readout of resistive sensor arrays Pages 93-99 R.S. Saxena, R.K. Bhan, Anita Aggrawal

Materials and Technology Section

16.	Stress-induced atom diffusion at thermosonic flip chip bonding interface Pages 100-105 Fuliang Wang, Lei Han, Jue Zhong

Actuators Section

17.	Modeling hysteresis in piezoelectric actuators using NARMAX models Pages 106-112 Liang Deng, Yonghong Tan

18.	A multilayer TWILA ultrasonic motor Pages 113-119 Lionel Petit, Paul Gonnard

19.	Electromechanical elongation of nematic elastomers for actuation Pages 120-129 D. Corbett, M. Warner

20.	Optimization design of multi-material micropump using finite element method Pages 130-135 Meiling Zhu, Paul Kirby, Martin Wacklerle, Markus Herz, Martin Richter

21.	Development of piezoelectric fans for flapping wing application Pages 136-142 Hsien-Chun Chung, K. Lal Kummari, S.J. Croucher, N.J. Lawson, S. Guo, R.W. Whatmore, Z. Huang

22.	Dynamical switching of an electromagnetically driven compliant bistable mechanism Pages 143-151 Dung-An Wang, Huy-Tuan Pham, Yi-Han Hsieh

Systems/Applications Section

23.	Infrared thermometer sensor dynamic error compensation using Hammerstein neural network Pages 152-158 Dehui Wu, Songling Huang, Wei Zhao, Junjun Xin

Technology Section

24.	Getter free vacuum packaging for MEMS Pages 159-164 Zhiyin Gan, Dexiu Huang, Xuefang Wang, Dong Lin, Sheng Liu

25.	A novel plastic package for pressure sensors fabricated using the lithographic dam-ring approach Pages 165-171 Lung-Tai Chen, Wood-Hi Cheng