Nonconductive polymer microresonators actuated by the Kelvin polarization force

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Schmid, Silvan ^a   Wendlandt, Michael ^a   Junker, David ^a,b   Hierold, Christofer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROACTUATORS; MICROSENSORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMERS;

APPLIED VOLTAGE; KELVIN POLARIZATION; MICRORESONATORS; NONCONDUCTIVE POLYMERS;

CRYSTAL RESONATORS;

EID: 33750162809     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2362590     Document Type: Article

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