This paper presents a study on the design and analysis of capacitively based Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) sensor for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) applications. This sensor consists of Parylene diaphragm, which is driven by a magnetic field and situated inside a micro chamber. A biocompatible sensing solution fills the micro chamber, which is separated from its surroundings by ...

The design and control of untethered microrobotic agents has drawn a lot of attention in recent years. This technology truly possesses the potential to revolutionize the field of minimally invasive surgery and microassembly. However, miniaturization and reliable actuation of micro-fabricated grippers are still challenging at sub-millimeter scale. In this study, we design, manufacture, character...

In the present paper, the dynamical snap-through of a preloaded micro-sensor is analyzed. This behavior is linked to analyzing bifurcation behavior of the micro structure in a suitable framework. Effec...

The trend to miniaturization cannot be overseen. The use of very small electronic and electro-optical components in a variety of consumer and investment goods is leading to an increasing demand for small-scale servo actuators for micro assembly applications in production equipment. The previous generation of micro gears and micro actuators was not suited to this type of application, because of ...

Theoretical relative ages of galactic globular clusters have recently been challenged by a semi-empirical relation. It was used to point out that tested sets of iso-chrones were unable to reproduce the relation and yield internally inconsistent relative ages. We find that differential cluster ages derived with the isochrones by Salaris & Weiss (1998) are reliable and internally consistent. We a...