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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"microswitches"”.
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A frequency reconfigurable circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna using liquid metal microswitches
… microelectromechanical switches. The proposed microswitches consist of mercury droplets that selectively connect solid metal traces. Both fluidic and electrostatic switch actuation mechanisms are investigated, and an electrostatic switch is demonstrated. Electrostatically actuated switches are …
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Efficient Mixed -Domain Analysis of Electrostatic Microelectromechanical Systems (Mems)
… design of several MEMS devices such as microswitches, micro mirror devices, comb drive microactuators and a micocompressor.
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Dynamics and Electrostatics of Membrane Proteins using Polarizable Molecular Dynamics Simulations
… How do conformational changes propagate between microswitches in G-Protein Coupled Receptors? In this work, we show small molecule dipole moments changing as a function of localization in the bilayer. Additionally, we show differences in the free energy surfaces of permeation for aromatic, polar, …
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Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Microbeam-Based MEMS Devices
… in two important MEMS-based devices: capacitive microswitches and resonant microsensors. Nonlinear models are developed to simulate the behavior of the microbeams in each device. The models account for mid-plane stretching, an applied axial load, a DC electrostatic force, and, for the case of …
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Analysis of hybrid electrothermomechanical microactuators with integrated electrothermal and electrostatic actuation
The goal of this research is to integrate electrothermal and electrostatic actuation in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). We look at cases where these two types of actuation are intimately coupled and argue that such integrated electrothermomechanical microactuators have more advantages than …