IUVSTA 15th International Vacuum Congress (IVC-15), AVS 48th International Symposium (AVS-48), 11th International Conference on Solid Surfaces (ICSS-11)
    Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Thursday Sessions

Session MM-ThM
Characterization of MEMS Materials

Thursday, November 1, 2001, 8:20 am, Room 130
Moderator: C.A. Zorman, Case Western Reserve University


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8:20am MM-ThM1 Invited Paper
Mechanical Properties of MEMS Materials
W. Sharpe, Johns Hopkins University
9:00am MM-ThM3
The Beam vs. Plate Distinction for Si Strips Mechanically Loaded in Bending
S.K. Kaldor, Columbia University, I.C. Noyan, IBM T.J. Watson Research Division
9:20am MM-ThM4
Amorphous Diamond MEMS
J.P. Sullivan, T.A. Friedmann, M.P. de Boer, M.T. Dugger, M. Mitchell, R.G. Dunn, R. Ellis, Sandia National Laboratories, D.A. LaVan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:40am MM-ThM5
Fabrication Techniques and Integration Processes for a New Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) -Based MEMS Technology and Characterization of UNCD Mechanical Properties
O. Auciello, A.V. Sumant, D.M. Gruen, J.A. Carlisle, J. Birrell, N.A. Moldovan, D.C. Mancini, M. Angadi, Argonne National Laboratory, H.D. Espinosa, B.C. Prorok, Northwestern University
10:00am MM-ThM6
Silicon Carbide Films by Low Temperature CVD for MEMS Applications
D. Gao, C.R. Stoldt, W.R. Ashurst, C. Carraro, R. Maboudian, University of California, Berkeley
10:20am MM-ThM7
Thermal Characteristics of Microswitch Contacts
X. Yan, N.E. McGruer, G.G. Adams, Northeastern University, S. Majumder, Analog Devices, Inc.
10:40am MM-ThM8
MBE-grown Single-crystal Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Ni@sub 2@MnGa Thin Films
J.W. Dong, J. Lu, J.Q. Xie, Q. Pan, J. Cui, S. McKernan, R.D. James, C.J. Palmstrom, University of Minnesota
11:00am MM-ThM9
Stability of Alkylsilane Monolayer Films in Humid Environments
T.M. Mayer, H.I. Kim, M.G. Hankins, M.P. de Boer, Sandia National Laboratories