scholarly journals An Hourglass-Shaped Wireless and Passive Magnetoelastic Sensor with an Improved Frequency Sensitivity for Remote Strain Measurements

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Limin Ren ◽  
Moyue Cong ◽  
Yisong Tan
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Signal Transmission ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Resonant Sensor ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Sensitivity Problem

The conventional magnetoelastic resonant sensor suffers from a low detecting sensitivity problem. In this study, an hourglass-shaped magnetoelastic resonant sensor was proposed, analyzed, fabricated, and tested. The hourglass-shaped magnetoelastic resonant sensor was composed of an hourglass and a narrow ribbon in the middle. The hourglass and the narrow ribbon increased the detection sensitivity by reducing the connecting stress. The resonant frequency of the sensor was investigated by the finite element method. The proposed sensor was fabricated and experiments were carried out. The tested resonance frequency agreed well with the simulated one. The maximum trust sensitivity of the proposed sensor was 37,100 Hz/strain. The power supply and signal transmission of the proposed sensor were fulfilled via magnetic field in a wireless and passive way due to the magnetostrictive effect. Parametric studies were carried out to investigate the influence of the hourglass shape on the resonant frequency and the output voltage. The hourglass-shaped magnetoelastic resonant sensor shows advantages of high sensitivity, a simple structure, easy fabrication, passiveness, remoteness, and low cost.

Simulation of Gold Nanoparticles Aggravating MEMS Cantilever Optical Static Detection Biochip

2013 ◽  
Vol 694-697 ◽  
pp. 966-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Tao Ge ◽  
Xiao Tong Yin
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Side Wall ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Gene Detection ◽  
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems ◽  
Target Dna ◽  
Static Detection

A kind of gene detection biochip model based on biological micro electro mechanical systems (BioMEMS) technology and micro optical electro mechanical systems (MOEMS) technology is designed and simulated. In order to detect whether there are nucleic acid components in the testing samples, the biochip in this study issues horizontal light by laser, then receives and reads the deformation signals of MEMS cantilever by optical detector. The MEMS optical reflecting system can amplify MEMS cantilever deformation signal 22 times by micro reflectors which are set on the side wall of the cantilever free end. In order to improve optical detection sensitivity, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) which are combined with hybridization information is taken to aggravate MEMS cantilever, and employ Au - S chemical bond of GNPs and dithiol HS(CH2)6SH to combine and fix DNA probe, and then employ target DNA which is marked with biotin to combine GNPs by Biotin - Streptavidin combining. The simulation results show that this biochip can detect biological samples fast, high throughput, low cost, high sensitivity and reliably.

Design and Fabrication of a Micro-Capacitor for Nano Probing System

2011 ◽  
Vol 105-107 ◽  
pp. 2255-2258
Author(s):  
Ming Xuan He ◽  
Xin Lu ◽  
Xin Chen ◽  
Xing Ling ◽  
Yuan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Capacitive Transducer ◽  
Precision Engineering ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Dynamic Response Characteristics

Quantitative dimensional metrologies of Nano/microstructures are increasingly demanded following the rapid developments in, for instance, semiconductor and precision engineering industry, microsystem technology and materials science. In the recent years, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) have become versatile and widespread metrology tools. Probing system is an important component of a CMM. A probing system based on a high accurate positioning transducer is crucial for micro and nano metrology. This paper presents a probing system based on a variable micro-capacitive transducer which has advantages of simple structure, low cost, high sensitivity, overload ability, excellent dynamic response characteristics, etc. The structure of variable capacitor was designed and optimized by means of finite element method (FEM), and fabricated by surface micromachining technology.

scholarly journals Multimodeling of multi-alterated structures in the Arlequin framework

2008 ◽  
pp. 969-980
Author(s):  
Hachmi Ben Dhia ◽  
Nadia Elkhodja ◽  
François-Xavier Roux
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Low Costs ◽  
Element Method

The goal of this work is the development of a numerical methodology for flexible and low-cost computation and/or design of complex structures that might have been obtained by a multialteration of a sound simple structure. The multimodel Arlequin framework is herein used to meet the flexibility and low-costs requirements. A preconditioned FETI-like solver is adapted to the solution of the discrete mixed Arlequin problems obtained by using the Finite Element Method. Enlightening numerical results are given.

Micro Cantilever CO2 Gas Sensor Based on Mass

2015 ◽  
Vol 766-767 ◽  
pp. 528-533
Author(s):  
S. Subhashini ◽  
A. Vimala Juliet
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sensitive Coating ◽  
Metal Oxide Layer ◽  
Micro Cantilever

Sensors had gained importance in all fields of science and technology and development of real time small devices with high sensitivity for in situ measurements at low cost has gained momentum. Micromachined cantilever provides a solution to this hunt. MEMS cantilever are the simplest of all the other mechanical structures and hence is considered for the ease of fabrication. Here a chemical CO2 sensor is considered with the metal oxide layer as receptor to adsorb the CO2 molecules leading to an increase in mass and microcantilever as the transducer part converting the change in mass to change in natural frequency. The sensitive SnO2 layer increases the mass and hence decreases the resonant frequency. The inherent natural frequency of the cantilever is altered by the sensitive coating on top of the beam and the residual stresses present on the structure. In this paper, we investigate the SiO2 cantilever with SnO2 deposited on the top surface. Initially the microcantilever is analytically modelled and then is fabricated and characterized experimentally. Finally the error % is analysed between the analytical model and experimental results.

Nanogold Aggravating MEMS Cantilever Capacitance Detection Biochip

2010 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 429-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Liang Deng ◽  
Yue Tao Ge ◽  
Wei Guo Guan ◽  
Nai Bo Zhang ◽  
Qi Ke Cao
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Capacitive Pressure Sensor ◽  
Target Dna ◽  
Capacitance Detection ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Hybridization Reaction

A kind of array micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) cantilever of biochip is designed, which integrated capacitive pressure sensor. Before and after hybridization reaction, by the change of capacitance value, it can measure the capacitance values through integrated circuit (IC) to judge whether the solution containing the cantilever probe genes. In order to improve the detection sensitivity, it aggravate cantilever by gold nanoparticles combining hybridization information, applying Au-S chemical bond of gold nanoparticles and dithiol HS(CH2)6SH to combine and fix DNA probes and applying target DNA marked with biotin to combine gold nanoparticles by Biotin - Streptavidin combining. The results shows that this biochip can detect biological samples fast, high throughput, low cost, high sensitivity and reliably.

scholarly journals Effect of PMMA Removal Methods on Opto-Mechanical Behaviors of Optical Fiber Resonant Sensor With Graphene Diaphragm

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujian Liu ◽  
Cheng Li ◽  
Shangchun Fan ◽  
Xuefeng Song
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Optical Excitation ◽  
Mechanical Behaviors ◽  
Detection Scheme ◽  
Resonant Sensors ◽  
Resonant Sensor ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
Time Drift

AbstractRegarding the dependence of the treatment of removing polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) from graphene upon the prestress in the film, two typical PMMA removal methods including acetone-vaporing and high-temperature annealing were investigated based on the opto-mechanical behaviors of the developed optical fiber Fabry-Perot (F-P) resonant sensor with a 125-µm diameter and ∼10-layer-thickness graphene diaphragm. The measured resonant responses showed that the F-P sensor via annealing process exhibited the resonant frequency of 481 kHz and quality factor of 1 034 at ∼2 Pa and room temperature, which are respectively 2.5 times and 33 times larger than the acetone-treated sensor. Moreover, the former achieved a high sensitivity of 110.4 kHz/kPa in the tested range of 2 Pa–2.5 kPa, apparently superior to the sensitivity of 16.2 kHz/kPa obtained in the latter. However, the time drift of resonant frequency also mostly tended to occur in the annealed sensor, thereby shedding light on the opto-mechanical characteristics of graphene-based F-P resonant sensors, along with an optimized optical excitation and detection scheme.

Nanogold Aggravating MEMS Cantilever Piezoelectric Optical Detection Biochip

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 198-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Liang Deng ◽  
Yue Tao Ge ◽  
Wei Guo Guan ◽  
Nai Bo Zhang ◽  
Qi Ke Cao
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Optical Detector ◽  
Target Dna ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Hybridization Reaction ◽  
Piezoelectric Devices ◽  
Cantilever Probe

A kind of array micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) cantilever of biochip is designed, which piezoelectric devices drive MEMS cantilever resonance. Before and after hybridization reaction, by the change of the resonant frequency of the cantilever, it can detect the cantilever amplitude through optical detector to judge whether the solution containing the cantilever probe genes. In order to improve detection sensitivity, it aggravate cantilever by gold nanoparticles combining hybridization information, applying Au-S chemical bond of gold nanoparticles and dithiol HS(CH2)6SH to combine and fix DNA probe and applying target DNA marked with biotin to combine gold nanoparticles by Biotin - Streptavidin combining. The results shows that this biochip can detect biological samples fast, high throughput, low cost, high sensitivity and reliably.

scholarly journals Research on the Disc Sensitive Structure of a Micro Optoelectromechanical System (MOEMS) Resonator Gyroscope

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Shen ◽  
Liye Zhao ◽  
Dunzhu Xia
Keyword(s):  
Microelectromechanical Systems ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Resonant Wavelength ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Operating Modes ◽  
Model Research ◽  
Sensitive Structure

A micro optoelectromechanical system (MOEMS) resonator gyroscope based on a waveguide micro-ring resonator was proposed. This sensor was operated by measuring the shift of the transmission spectrum. Modal analysis was carried out for the disc sensitive structure of the MOEMS resonator gyroscope (MOEMS-RG). We deduced the equations between the equivalent stiffness and voltage of each tuning electrode and the modal parameters. A comprehensive investigation of the influences of the structure parameters on the sensitivity noise of the MOEMS-RG is presented in this paper. The mechanical sensitivity and transducer sensitivities of the MOEMS-RG, with varying structural parameters, are calculated based on the finite-element method. Frequency response test and the fiber optic spectrometer displacement test were implemented to verify the reliability of the model. Research results indicate that the resonant frequencies of the operating modes are tested to be 5768.407 Hz and 5771.116 Hz and the resonant wavelength change ΔX was 0.08 nm for 45° rotation angle. The resonant wavelength, which has a good linear response in working range, changes from −0.071 nm to 0.080 μm. The MOEMS-RG, with an optimized disc sensitive structure, can detect the deformation of the sensitive membrane effectively, and has a high sensitivity. This resonator shows very large meff, low f 0 , and very high Q. Therefore, this resonator can provide a small A R W B ( 0.09 ° / h ), which makes it a promising candidate for a low-cost, batch-fabricated, small size inertial-grade MOEMS gyroscope. The multi-objective optimization method could be expanded to include other objectives, constraints, or variables relevant to all kinds of gyroscopes or other microelectromechanical systems devices.

scholarly journals Novel Compact Multiband MIMO Antenna for Mobile Terminal

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Yang ◽  
Yuan Yao ◽  
Junsheng Yu ◽  
Xiaodong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Personal Digital Assistant ◽  
Mobile Terminal ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Monopole Antennas ◽  
Coupling Path ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Additional Coupling

A novel compact MIMO antenna for personal digital assistant (PDA) and pad computer is proposed. The proposed antenna is composed by two multipatch monopole antennas which are placed 90° apart for orthogonal radiation. To strengthen the isolation, a T-shaped ground branch with proper dimension is used to generate an additional coupling path to lower the mutual coupling (below −15 dB), especially at GSM850/900 band. The proposed MIMO antenna is fabricated and tested, both the simulated and the measured results are presented, and some parametric studies are also demonstrated. In addition, there are some advantages about the proposed antenna such as simple structure, easy fabrication, and low cost.

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Immobilization Strategies for Biomolecules in Sensors Using Organic Field-Effect Transistors

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 424-440
Author(s):  
Le Li ◽  
Siying Wang ◽  
Yin Xiao ◽  
Yong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Physical Adsorption ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Covalent Binding ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Biological Macromolecules ◽  
Organic Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Efficient Detection

Abstract Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are fabricated using organic semiconductors (OSCs) as the active layer in the form of thin films. Due to its advantages of high sensitivity, low cost, compact integration, flexibility, and printability, OFETs have been used extensively in the sensing area. For analysis platforms, the construction of sensing layers is a key element for their efficient detection capability. The strategy used to immobilize biomolecules in these devices is especially important for ensuring that the sensing functions of the OFET are effective. Generally, analysis platforms are developed by modifying the gate/electrolyte or OSC/electrolyte interface using biomolecules, such as enzymes, antibodies, or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to ensure high selectivity. To provide better or more convenient biological immobilization methods for researchers in this field and thereby improve detection sensitivity, this review summarizes recent developments in the immobilization strategies used for biological macromolecules in OFETs, including cross-linking, physical adsorption, embedding, and chemical covalent binding. The influences of biomolecules on device performance are also discussed.

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