Measurement of mechanical properties of cantilever shaped materials

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3497-3541

  Finot, Eric ^a   Passian, Ali ^b,c   Thundat, Thomas ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERDISCIPLINAIRE CARNOT DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Environment; Gas; Materials; Mechanics; Microcantilever; Pressure; Sensor; Stress; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGEING; BI-MATERIAL CANTILEVER; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTIC MODULI; GASES; MATERIALS; MECHANICS; MOLECULES; NANOCANTILEVERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PRESSURE; PROBES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SENSORS; STRESSES; SWELLING; TEMPERATURE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 44649143920     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8053497     Document Type: Article

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