Special issue: Conference Smart Sensors, Actuators and MEMS, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, 2-4 May 2007
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Editorial
Special Issue of the Conference Smart Sensors, Actuators and MEMS, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, 2–4 May 2007
B. Michel, T. Becker and U. Schmid
441-451
Technical Paper
Silicon cantilever sensor for micro-/nanoscale dimension and force metrology
Erwin Peiner, Lutz Doering, Michael Balke and Andreas Christ
453-462
Technical Paper
VHDL Implementation of a communication interface for integrated MEMS
E. Magdaleno Castelló, M. Rodríguez Valido and A. J. Ayala Alfonso
463-474
Technical Paper
Development of automated microrobot-based nanohandling stations for nanocharacterization
Sergej Fatikow, Volkmar Eichhorn, Florian Krohs, Iulian Mircea and Christian Stolle, et al.
475-482
Technical Paper
Novel sensor design methodology for measurements of the complex solar wind–magnetospheric–ionospheric system
G. Dekoulis and F. Honary
483-490
Technical Paper
Characterization of aluminium nitride and aluminium oxide thin films sputter-deposited on organic substrates
U. Schmid, A. Ababneh, H. Seidel, R. Wagner and K. Bauer
491-498
Technical Paper
Bismuth film electrodes for heavy metals determination
Vlastimil Rehacek, Ivan Hotovy, Marian Vojs and Fedor Mika
499-507
Technical Paper
Mixed metal oxide films as pH sensing materials
Edric Gill, Khalil Arshak, Arousian Arshak and Olga Korostynska
509-515
Technical Paper
Wafer-level plasma activated bonding: new technology for MEMS fabrication
Viorel Dragoi, Gerald Mittendorfer, Christine Thanner and Paul Lindner
517-525
Technical Paper
Optimizing the performance of a Coriolis-based angular rate sensor applying an analytical approach
A. Kulygin, M. Gergen, U. Schmid and H. Seidel
527-534
Technical Paper
Investigation of fabrication and encapsulation processes for a flexible tag microlab
E. Abad, B. Mazzolai, A. Juarros, D. Gómez and A. Mondini, et al.
535-541
Technical Paper
Fabrication and characterization of a passive silicon-based direct methanol fuel cell
J. P. Esquivel, N. Sabaté, J. Santander, N. Torres and C. Cané
543-549
Technical Paper
A new micromachined sensor system for tactile measurements of high aspect ratio microstructures
M. Balke, E. Peiner and L. Doering
551-556
Technical Paper
A liquid chromatography miniaturised system for agrofood applications
Antonella Benvenuto, Leandro Lorenzelli, Cristian Collini, Vittorio Guarnieri and Andrea Adami, et al.
557-566
Technical Paper
Ozone and gamma radiation sensing properties of In2O3:ZnO:SnO2 thin films
O. Korostynska, K. Arshak, G. Hickey and E. Forde
567-573
Technical Paper
Etching behaviour of sputter-deposited aluminium nitride thin films in H3PO4 and KOH solutions
A. Ababneh, H. Kreher and U. Schmid
575-579
Technical Paper
Design and consideration of wafer level micropackaging for distributed RF MEMS phase shifters
Xun-jun He, Qun Wu, Bo-shi Jin, Kai Tang and Ming-xin Song, et al.
581-588
Technical Paper
Ultra-low-power components for an RFID Tag with physical and chemical sensors
Stefano Zampolli, Ivan Elmi, Enrico Cozzani, Gian Carlo Cardinali and Andrea Scorzoni, et al.
589-599
Technical Paper
A labchip for highly selective and sensitive electrochemiluminescence detection of Hg2+ ions in aqueous solution employing integrated amorphous thin film diodes
Heiko Schäfer, Hengwei Lin, Michael Schmittel and Markus Böhm
601-606
Technical Paper
Germanium resistors for RF MEMS based microsystems
K. Grenier, C. Bordas, S. Pinaud, L. Salvagnac and D. Dubuc
607-614
Technical Paper
Measurement of the pressure broadening coefficients of the oxygen A-band using a low cost, polarization stabilized, widely tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
Benjamin Scherer, Jürgen Wöllenstein, Matthias Weidemüller, Wenzel Salzmann and Johannes Michael Ostermann, et al.
615-622
Technical Paper
Coupling coefficient determination based on simulation and experiment for ST-Cut quartz saw delay-line response
Yi-Chu Hsu and Ngoc-Bich Le
623-628
Technical Paper
Compensation methods for a silicon tuning fork gyroscope
Eik Arnold and Franz Nuscheler
629-635
Technical Paper
Gallium arsenide suspended microheater for MEMS sensor arrays
I. Hotovy, V. Rehacek, F. Mika, T. Lalinsky and S. Hascik, et al.
637-644
Technical Paper
A compact optical multichannel system for ethylene monitoring
J. Hildenbrand, J. Wöllenstein, S. Hartwig, A. Eberhardt and B. Halford, et al.
645-651
Technical Paper
Nano- and microsized metal oxide thin film gas sensors
Stefan Palzer, Emmanuel Moretton, Francisco Hernandez Ramirez, Albert Romano-Rodriguez and Jürgen Wöllenstein
653-658
Technical Paper
Design and implementation of mechanical resonators for optimized inertial electromagnetic microgenerators
Christophe Serre, Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez, Nuria Fondevilla, Emile Martincic and Susanna Martínez, et al.
659-664
Technical Paper
Dye and polymer based light sensor for tag integration
Ilker Sayhan, Marie-Luise Bauersfeld, Juergen Woellenstein and Thomas Becker
665-671
Technical Paper
Three-dimensional simulation of sacrificial etching
Johann Cervenka, Hajdin Ceric and Siegfried Selberherr
673-681
Technical Paper
RNA amplification chip with parallel microchannels and droplet positioning using capillary valves
Liv Furuberg, Michal Mielnik, Anja Gulliksen, Lars Solli and Ib-Rune Johansen, et al.
683-690
Technical Paper
Fabrication and characterization of a monolithic piezoelectric actuator for fiber coupling
C. Bruchmann, B. Höfer, P. Schreiber, R. Eberhardt and W. Buss, et al.
691-695
Technical Paper
PNIPAM: a thermo-activated nano-material for use in optical devices
Solon Mias, Jan Sudor and Henri Camon
697-704
Technical Paper
Micro actuators on the basis of thin SMA foils
M. Leester-Schädel, B. Hoxhold, C. Lesche, S. Demming and S. Büttgenbach