Micro-channel plate ~MCP! was used to intensify the image on the fluorescent screen in reflection high-energy electron diffraction. The primary electron current could be reduced by four orders of magnitude to get the image of the same intensity as in the measurement without MCP. The reduction of electron beam enabled observation of ionic crystal surfaces without causing electrolysis and chargin...

Adjacent Hall microsensors, comprising a silicon substrate and four contacts, providing simultaneously two supply inputs and two differential outputs, are characterized. The voltage related sensitivity is in the order of 0.11T, and a cancellation method for offset compensation is used, achieving residual offset in the micro scale which is also compared to a single Hall plate. Keywords—Adjacent ...

We have developed a thin quarter-wave plate (QWP) operating at low terahertz frequency of 0.51 THz by etching micro-grating on a silicon substrate. The grating period is 30 μm, and the etching depth is 156 μm. Stokes parameters are used to characterize the QWP. The QWP shows a high transmission coefficient of 0.93 and a low polarization dependent loss (PDL) of 1.4 dB at 0.51 THz. © 2013 Society...

We measured the timing resolution of TOF counters by means of Cherenkov-light detection with a Micro-Channel Plate PhotoMultiplier Tube, and attained sTOF 1⁄4 6:2 ps using 3GeV=c pion-beams with a readout electronics of 4.1 ps resolution. The optimum radiator thickness was examined and the detectable number of photo-electrons was analyzed. r 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 85.60.H...

This paper presents a silicon-based micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) stack with compact stacked structure and a unique shared anode plate. The μDMFC stack consists of two fuel cells in electrically parallel connection, while the fuel transport is arranged in series. Experimental results show that the μDMFC stack generates a power density of 12.71mW/cm, almost twice as much as that of a s...

Plate-based cellular materials exhibit greater stiffness and strength than conventional formed by struts. In this study, we designed fabricated a plate-based auxetic cylinder metamaterial using high-resolution projection micro-stereolithography three-dimensional printing technique. Experiment modeling results validated the behavior of cylinder. The normalized Young’s modulus yield four-layer ar...

1. Abstract A well designed capacitive micro-machined switch requires small electrostatic pull-in force to easy switch-on and high natural frequencies to fast switch-off. Since the change of geometrical parameters of the bridge (moving part of the switch) affects contrary to one of these aspects, one could search for a shape of the bridge to obtain optimum functioning. The paper deals with desi...

The heat transport at microscale is vital important in the field of micro-technology. In this paper heat transport in a two-dimensional thin plate based on dual-phase-lagging (DPL) heat conduction model is investigated. The solution was obtained with the help of superposition techniques and solution structure theorem. . The whole analysis is presented in dimensionless form. A numerical example ...

We have designed and fabricated the first single-wafer proportional micro control valve with built-in capacitive displacement sensing. The displacement sensor can facilitate high-speed active proportional control of gas flow through the valve. This is an essential requirement for non-invasive blood pressure waveform monitoring based on following the arterial pressure with a counter pressure. We...

OBJECTIVE Easy tool for newborn screening of Gaucher and Hurler diseases. METHODS Method comparison between fluorometric enzymatic activity assay on a digital microfluidic platform and micro-titer plate bench assay was performed on normal (n = 100), Gaucher (n = 10) and Hurler (n = 7) dried blood spot samples. RESULTS Enzymatic activity analysis of glucocerebrosidase (Gaucher) and α-l-iduro...