Integrated Folding, Alignment, and Latching for Reconfigurable Origami Microelectromechanical Systems

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1043-1051

  Shaar, Nader S ^a,b   Barbastathis, George ^c   Livermore, Carol ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical alignment; mechanical latch; microassembly; microelectromechanical devices; origami.

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MASKS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMECHANICS;

ALIGNMENT FEATURES; ALIGNMENT MECHANISM; MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT; MECHANICAL LATCH; MICRO ASSEMBLY; ORIGAMI; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 85027927345     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2014.2379432     Document Type: Article

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