AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    MEMS and NEMS Monday Sessions

Session MN+AS-MoM
Characterization of Surfaces and Interfaces in MEMS and NEMS

Monday, October 29, 2012, 8:20 am, Room 10
Moderator: A.V. Sumant, Argonne National Laboratory


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8:20am MN+AS-MoM1 Invited Paper
Probing Dynamical Surface and Interfacial Effects in High-Speed Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)
X.-L. Feng, Case Western Reserve University
9:00am MN+AS-MoM3
Fabrication of Nanomechanical Switch Based on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Nanowire
A.V. Sumant, Argonne National Laboratory, K.J. Pérez Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, D.A. Czaplewski, Argonne National Laboratory
9:20am MN+AS-MoM4
Carbon Nanotube Templated MEMS: Three Dimensional Microstructures in Semiconductors, Ceramics, and Metals
R.C. Davis, L. Barrett, R. Hansen, A. Konneker, D.D. Allred, B.D. Jensen, R. VanFleet, Brigham Young University
9:40am MN+AS-MoM5
Filling through Silicon vias with a Carbon Nanotube/Copper Matrix
M.B. Jordan, M. Rao, The University of Alabama, A.V. Sumant, R.S. Divan, Argonne National Laboratory, S.L. Burkett, The University of Alabama
10:00am MN+AS-MoM6
Optimization of STiGer Process used to Etch High Aspect Ratio Silicon Microstructures
T. Tillocher, P. Lefaucheux, GREMI CNRS/Université d'Orléans, France, J. Ladroue, M. Boufnichel, ST Microelectronics, Tours, France, P. Ranson, R. Dussart, GREMI CNRS/Université d'Orléans, France
11:00am MN+AS-MoM9
The Effect of Back-action Force for the Electron Tunneling Transduction in MEMS Measurement
M.R. Kan, University of Alberta, Canada, Z. Diao, National Institute for Nanotechnology, NRC Canada, V.T.K. Sauer, M.R. Freeman, University of Alberta, Canada, W.K. Hiebert, National Institute for Nanotechnology, NRC Canada
11:20am MN+AS-MoM10
Electric-Stimulus-Responsive Pluronic Hydrogels as Actuators
L. Engel, I. Sokolov, O. Berkh, Tel Aviv University, Israel, K. Adesanya, E. Vanderleyden, P. Dubruel, Ghent University, Belgium, J. Shklovsky, I. Harari, Y. Shacham-Diamand, S. Krylov, Tel Aviv University, Israel
11:40am MN+AS-MoM11
CMOS MEMS Metal-based Tactile Sensors Development
Y.C. Lin, C.J. Hsieh, L.B. Wang, J.C. Liou, W.-C. Tian, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China