category » MEMS & BioMEMS
The use of magnetic forces to improve fluidic self-assembly of micro-components has been investigated using Maxwell 3D to model the…
Plasma diagnostic tools are required in numerous fields, from experimental physics to aerospace and beyond. Various sensors exist to capture…
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to paralysis, decrease in quality of life, and high lifetime medical costs. Direct nerve functional…
Silicon CMOS circuits have a well-defined lower limit on their achievable energy efficiency due to sub-threshold leakage. Once this limit…
With the silicon-based electronics reaching physical limits that inhibit continued improvements in device performance, much research has been directed towards…
Immunoassays use antibodies to detect protein biomarkers, with a substantial global market and significant importance for clinical practice. However, traditional…
Transfer printing of thin metal films enables the fabrication of both planar and suspended membrane electrodes for microelectromechanical (MEMS) sensors…
Our group proposes the piezoelectric energy harvester based on a nonlinear resonator to address the narrow bandwidth issue of conventional…
Hydrophobic materials that are robust to harsh environments are needed in a broad range of applications[1][2][3]. Although durable materials such…
In the fields of robotics and prosthesis design, there is need for inexpensive, wide-area pressure- and shear-sensing arrays that can…
Micro- and nanostructured surfaces have broad applications ranging from liquid transport in microfluidics and cell manipulation in biological systems to…
Optogenetics is commonly used for precision modulation of the activity of specific neurons within neural circuits[1], but assessing the impact…
Optogenetics is the safe, effective delivery of light-gated membrane proteins to neurons and other excitable cells (e.g., muscle, immune cells,…
Carbon nanotube (CNT) composites are promising new materials for structural applications thanks to their mechanical and multifunctional properties. We have…
We have integrated ultra-porous (99% porous) elements (nanoporous forests of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs)) in MEMS, showing their use…
With frequency-quality factor products (f•Q) often exceeding 1013, MEMS resonators offer a high-Q, small footprint alternative to conventional LC tanks…
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor arrays are gaining attention in the field of underwater navigation because they are seen as…
Red blood cells (RBC) are the most abundant cell component in many biological fluids, including blood, bone marrow aspirate, and…
Complex kinetic processes are involved during the growth of polycrystalline films, which is typically carried out far from equilibrium. Minor…
The voltages at which MEMS actuators and sensors become unstable, known as pull-in and lift-off voltages, are critical parameters for…
Catastrophic structural failures cause many physical and personal losses, with prevention estimated at billions of dollars in savings each year….
According to the World Health Organization, more than 285 million people have visual impairments worldwide, and 39 million of those…
Ultrasound is an attractive 3D medical imaging technique because it is relatively inexpensive, portable, compact, and non-invasive. However, for 3D…
Elevated intracellular calcium level ([Ca++]i) and reduced deformability in red blood cells (RBCs) are commonly associated with blood-related diseases[1][2][3] as…
Microparticles are currently used in a variety of industrial and biomedical applications and are often coated with different materials to…
Ink jet printing allows for rapid, scalable, and low-cost patterning process. It does not need a vacuum environment or toxic…
Design and optimization of novel RF micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) resonators such as resonant body transistors (RBT) require modeling across multiple…
It is desirable to extend the functionality of MEMS to different form factors including large-area arrays of sensors and actuators,…
High-Q MEMS resonators, with small footprint and monolithic integration, are excellent building blocks for configurable RF systems. While these resonators…
The development of new techniques to separate and characterize cells with high throughput has been essential to many of the…
Common techniques used to synchronize eukaryotic cells in the cell cycle often impose metabolic stress on the cells or physically…
Nanofibers’ unique morphological properties promise to make them a key engineering material across many disciplines. In particular, the large specific…
Dielectric films such as SiNx, SiO2, and Al2O3 play key roles in AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field-effect transistors (HFETs) both as surface…
Cell-cell interactions are crucial for proper functioning of the immune system because direct cell-cell contacts largely govern the successful progression…
Dynamic control of axonal outgrowth holds the potential to establishing a range of in-vivo and in-vitro applications including perpiheral nerve…
Sepsis is an adverse systemic inflammatory response caused by microbial infection in blood. We have reported a microfluidic approach for…