Abstract This research paper exhibits the design of a V-shaped cantilever beam as micro Energy Harvester (EH) having Piezoelectric (PZT) its energy source for biomedical applications. PZT based materials have ability to convert mechanical into electrical energy. Low-power devices mostly operate using (i.e. batteries). But batteries are treated bio-hazard due massive use To overcome this toxic b...

We examine if vibration of millimeter-sized cantilever sensors can release nonspecifically adsorbed proteins. Integrated electrochemical and mass-change measurement as well as fluorescence assays showed transverse surface vibration released nonspecifically bound proteins in samples prepared at 0.2-3.6 mg bovine serum albumin (BSA) per mL. Extent of release was directly related to magnitude of e...

This paper investigates the optimal design of 3D printed energy harvesters for railway bridges. The type harvester studied is a cantilever bimorph beam with mass at tip and load resistance. These parameters are adjusted to find that tunes fundamental frequency bridge. An analytical model based on variational formulation represent electromechanical behaviour device presented. optimisation proble...

The thermal bimorph is a very popular thermal sensing mechanism used in various applications from meat thermometers to uncooled infrared cameras. While thermal bimorphs have remained promising for scanning thermal microscopy, unfortunately the bending of the bimorph directly interferes with the bending associated with topographical information. We circumvent this issue by creating bimorphs that...

A multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) bimorph nanoactuator has been modeled, fabricated and characterized. A thin aluminum film was uniformly deposited on the sidewalls of MWNTs using a pulsed laser deposition method to create the bimorph nanostructure. For a temperature change from 290 to 690 K with measured dimensions of 100 +/- 20 nm for the MWNT diameter, 40 +/- 10 nm for the Al thickness, ...

Plasmonic lithography with a contact probe records nano-meter scale features and has high-throughput owing to its capability to scan in contact mode. The probe is commonly based on a micrometer-scale cantilever, which leads to the tip-positioning problem due to force-deflection that induces lateral tip displacement. We propose a geometrically modified probe to achieve high positioning accuracy....