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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"nanomembrane"”.
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On-chip self-rolled-up nanomembrane tube inductor for RFIC performance enhancement
… A new design concept based on self-rolled-up nanomembrane nanotechnology that “processes like 2D and functions like 3D” is proposed and demonstrated. This thesis shows a global solution to obtain a lumped inductor with extremely small on-chip footprint and immunity to substrate effects. …
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The Testing and Verification of a Nanomembrane Based Pressure Sensor for Small-Scale Underwater Pressure Measurements
A MEMS piezoresistive pressure sensor provides a low-cost and accurate means of detecting and quantifying small-scale disturbances in underwater environments. A highly sensitive MEMS pressure sensor has been developed that can be packaged in two different ways – one in a cylindrical housing, and …
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Flexible, stretchable, and transient electronics for integration with the human body
… include overall miniaturization (e.g., Si nanomembrane) or composite material structure (e.g., carbon black doped elastomer) that provide effective mechanics to match those of biological tissues. This dissertation presents combined experimental and theoretical investigations of such …
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Nanoscale membranes for electromechanical systems
… a suspended membrane of nanoscale thickness (or "nanomembrane") that is first separately fabricated, and then additively donated via contact-transfer printing to complete a nanostructured variable-capacitance device.
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Multifunctional wearable fingertip electronics
… with electrode arrays multiplexed using silicon nanomembrane diodes (Si NM), high-sensitivity strain monitoring with Si NM gauges, and tactile sensing with elastomeric capacitors. Experiments have been conducted for each of the devices to demonstrate the expected functionalities. Analytical …
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Flexible and foldable single-crystalline silicon electronics for various applications
… that integrate ultrathin flexible silicon nanomembrane transistors to test neural sensing from significant areas of the brain at high spatial and temporal resolution.
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Strategies for developing ultrathin, high-density, actively multiplexed neural mapping device
… An array of ultrathin, highly dense silicon nanomembrane transistors was fabricated on flexible plastic substrates and recorded neural activity with high spatial resolution. Brain activities, such as sleep spindles, single-trial visual evoked responses, and electrographic seizures could be …
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Three-dimensional nanostructures fabricated by stacking pre-patterned monocrystalline silicon nanomembranes
This thesis considers the viability of nanomembrane handling and stacking approaches to enable the fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) nano-structured materials. Sequentially stacking previously-patterned membranes to build up 3D nanostructures, e.g. photonic crystals, is a powerful technique …
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DEVELOPMENT OF A NANOCOMPOSITE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OF LOCOMOTION OF A SOFT EARTHWORM ROBOT
… a gauge factor over 38. An array of stretchable nanomembrane interconnectors enables a reliable connection between soft strain sensors and wireless electronics, while tolerating the robot’s multi-modal movements. A set of computational and experimental studies of soft materials, stretchable …
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Constructive utilization of intentional nonlinearity in systems of coupled micro/nanomechanical resonators
… of two microcantilever resonators coupled by a nanomembrane and under harmonic base excitation, we study the effect of varying the coupling strength on the nonlinear dynamics and show that in the limit of weak coupling nonlinear localization occurs in this system. Moreover, we report strongly …
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Patterning temporally dynamic 4D hydrogel and nanocomposite material gradients: predictive cellular and actuator responses
… in registry with 2D semiconductor or polymer nanomembrane patterns that are subsequently compressive-buckled into 3D forms. The micro-scaffolds that result from compressive-buckling assembly are described here as 3D micro-cellular frameworks (μ-CFs), and their applications are not limited to …
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Conjugated carbon monolayer membranes - synthesis and integration techniques
The existence of graphene, a single sheet of graphite and the simplest class of conjugated carbon monolayer, discovered in 2004, has attracted immensely interests from scientific community. The research in this area has grown exponentially attributed to its exceptionally high electron mobility, …
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Plasmonic Optical Sensors: Performance Analysis and Engineering Towards Biosensing
… plasmonic optical fibers and freestanding nanomembranes. (1) Periodic nanohole arrays are patterned on chip by a simple and robust template-transfer approach. A spectral analysis approach is also developed for improving the sensor performance. This sensor is applied to demonstrate the …