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Zhou X, Zhao C, Xiao D, Sun J, Sobreviela G, Gerrard D, et al.
Nat Commun . 2019 Nov; 10(1):4980. PMID: 31672971
Understanding and controlling modal coupling in micro/nanomechanical devices is integral to the design of high-accuracy timing references and inertial sensors. However, insight into specific physical mechanisms underlying modal coupling, and...
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Pishchalnikov Y, Behnke-Parks W, Schmidmayer K, Maeda K, Colonius T, Kenny T, et al.
J Acoust Soc Am . 2019 Aug; 146(1):516. PMID: 31370610
Ultra-high-speed video microscopy and numerical modeling were used to assess the dynamics of microbubbles at the surface of urinary stones. Lipid-shell microbubbles designed to accumulate on stone surfaces were driven...
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Rodriguez J, Chandorkar S, Watson C, Glaze G, Ahn C, Ng E, et al.
Sci Rep . 2019 Feb; 9(1):2244. PMID: 30783192
Silicon Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) resonators have broad commercial applications for timing and inertial sensing. However, the performance of MEMS resonators is constrained by dissipation mechanisms, some of which are easily...
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Kim H, Kaplan K, Schindler P, Xu S, Winterkorn M, Heinz D, et al.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces . 2019 Feb; 11(9):9594-9599. PMID: 30707831
The ability to deposit thin and conformal films has become of great importance because of downscaling of devices. However, because of nucleation difficulty, depositing an electrically stable and thin conformal...
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English T, Provine J, Marshall A, Koh A, Kenny T
Ultramicroscopy . 2016 May; 166:39-47. PMID: 27160487
Specimen preparation remains a practical challenge in transmission electron microscopy and frequently limits the quality of structural and chemical characterization data obtained. Prevailing methods for thinning of specimens to electron...
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Barako M, Roy-Panzer S, English T, Kodama T, Asheghi M, Kenny T, et al.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces . 2015 Aug; 7(34):19251-9. PMID: 26284489
The ability to efficiently and reliably transfer heat between sources and sinks is often a bottleneck in the thermal management of modern energy conversion technologies ranging from microelectronics to thermoelectric...
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Nitzan S, Zega V, Li M, Ahn C, Corigliano A, Kenny T, et al.
Sci Rep . 2015 Mar; 5:9036. PMID: 25762243
Parametric amplification, resulting from intentionally varying a parameter in a resonator at twice its resonant frequency, has been successfully employed to increase the sensitivity of many micro- and nano-scale sensors....
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Won Y, Gao Y, Panzer M, Xiang R, Maruyama S, Kenny T, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2013 Dec; 110(51):20426-30. PMID: 24309375
Reliably routing heat to and from conversion materials is a daunting challenge for a variety of innovative energy technologies--from thermal solar to automotive waste heat recovery systems--whose efficiencies degrade due...
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Ghaffari S, Chandorkar S, Wang S, Ng E, Ahn C, Hong V, et al.
Sci Rep . 2013 Nov; 3:3244. PMID: 24247809
Micromechanical resonators are promising replacements for quartz crystals for timing and frequency references owing to potential for compactness, integrability with CMOS fabrication processes, low cost, and low power consumption. To...
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Yoneoka S, Lee J, Liger M, Yama G, Kodama T, Gunji M, et al.
Nano Lett . 2012 Jan; 12(2):683-6. PMID: 22224582
While the literature is rich with data for the electrical behavior of nanotransistors based on semiconductor nanowires and carbon nanotubes, few data are available for ultrascaled metal interconnects that will...