microcantilevers – TechConnect Briefs

Modeling of Microcantilever based Nuclear Microbatteries

Sheeparamatti B.G., Sheeparamatti R.B., Kadadevarmath J.S., Sheeparamatti B.G., Sheeparamatti R.B., Basaveshwar Engineering College, IN

Microcantilevers are extremely versatile and are used as sensors, actuators and in many other microsystems. In this work, mathematical model of a microcantilever based actuator, which can be driven by nuclear radiation, is developed. This [...]

Piezoelectric Microcantilevers of Nanoscale Thickness for Detection of Cells

Modi N., Lacy F., Southern University and A&M College, US

This research project explores the employment of piezoelectric material as the sensing element in microcantilever beams fabricated to function as resonant mass sensors. The cantilever beam would be a very thin double-bridged structure (50 nm) [...]

Modeling and Optimal Design of High Sensitivity Piezoresistive Microcantilevers for Biosensing Applications

Yang M., Zhang X., Ozkan C.S., University of California Riverside, US

We discuss the mechanical design and optimization of piezoresistive microcantilevers for use in detecting changes in surface stress upon analyte-receptor binding. Conventional microcantilevers are used along with an optical detection system in many commercially available [...]