AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    MEMS and NEMS Group Friday Sessions

Session MN-FrM
Characterization of Materials and Structures at the Micro- and Nano-scale

Friday, November 4, 2011, 8:20 am, Room 105
Moderator: Meredith Metzler, Cornell University


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8:20am MN-FrM1 Invited Paper
Nanomechanics: Controlling Near-Field Interactions between Mechanical Systems
Daniel Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory
9:00am MN-FrM3
Pull-in Experiments on Electrostatically Actuated Microfabricated Meso Scale Beams
Y. Gerson, I. Sokolov, Tel Aviv University, Israel, T. Nachmias, RAFAEL LTD, Israel, S. Lulinsky, Slava Krylov, Tel Aviv University, Israel
9:20am MN-FrM4
Absorption and Emission of Plasmonic Antenna Arrays
Kathryn O'Brien, P.H. Holloway, M.R. Davidson, University of Florida
10:00am MN-FrM6
Fabrication and Characterization of Structural and Electrical Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Nanowires
Xinpeng Wang, University of Puerto Rico, A.V. Sumant, V. Joshi, L.E. Ocola, B. Kabius, D. Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory
10:20am MN-FrM7
Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in Nanofluids with Molecular Dynamics Simulations – Role of Particle Charge and Fluid Polarity
J. David Schall, Oakland University, A.S. Comfort, U.S. Army RDECOM-TARDEC
10:40am MN-FrM8
Novel CMOS MEMS Double Parallel Plate Capacitive Tactile Sensors For Blood Flow Monitoring
ChangJung Hsieh, J.C. Liou, C.T. Sun, Y.C. Lin, W.-C. Tian, National Taiwan University
11:00am MN-FrM9
A Highly Sensitive Nanomachined TiO2 Gas Sensor for Micro Gas Chromatography
Chao-Hung Chou, C.H. Chen, W.-C. Tian, National Taiwan University, T.H. Chan, C.-J. Lu, National Taiwan Normal University
11:20am MN-FrM10
Ultra-high Aspect Ratio High-speed Silicon Nanowire and Three-dimensional Formation Using a Hydrogen-assisted Deep Reactive Ion Etching
Z. Sanaee, S. Azimi, M. Poudineh, S. Mohajerzadeh, A. Sandoughsaz, University of Tehran, Iran