Modeling, design and applications of MEMS

本提案扩展了2016年计划的项目，重点关注与微系统的建模、分析、制造和测试相关的方面，整体范围是将微系统和微流体的开发推进到一个更流畅的过程中。主要的应用集中在开发被认为是功能块的高效微流体。这种模块化功能微流体块的模型的创建将使得能够快速设计、分析、优化以及最终快速且高效地制造微流体回路。这些功能块的这些模块的模型的开发、模型创建、分析和验证将构成一个工作流。这项研究将扩展到纸基微流体的发展。这样制备的纸将是纤维素纸和淀粉基纸的组合，这将使得能够控制毛细流动。这项工作将扩展到其他类型的纸基微系统，包括功能化的悬臂梁从纸和纸状材料。研究扩展到压电纸微悬臂梁用于能量收集的发展。 调查将扩展到纸基-包括淀粉纸微流体，其目的是能够完全控制进入多孔介质的多孔流。我还计划继续我以前发起的研究，重点是微悬臂梁，用于能量收集/清除，用于与可穿戴设备相关的应用，以及用于检测小体积流体的粘度。

The present proposal extends the program projected in 2016 and focuses on aspects related to modeling, analysis, manufacturing and test of microsystems with the overall scope to advance the development of microsystems and microfluidics into a more streamed process. The main applications focus on the development of efficient microfluidics which are conceived as function blocks. The creation of models of such modular functional microfluidic blocks will enable the fast design, analysis, optimization and finally, fabrication of microfluidic circuits fast and efficient. The development, model creation, analysis and validation of models of such modules of such function blocks will constitute one stream of work. The investigation will be extended to development of paper based microfluidics. The paper such prepared will be a combination of cellulose paper and starch based paper which will enable controlled capillary flow. The work will extend to other types of paper based microsystems including functionalized cantilever beams from paper and paper-like materials. The investigation is extended to development of piezoelectric paper made micro-cantilever beams used for energy scavenging.  The investigations will be extended to paper-based - including starch paper microfluidics where the intent is to be able to fully control the porous flow into porous media. I also plan to continue my previously initiated  research focusing on microcantilever beams with applications in energy harvesting/scavenging, for applications related to wearables and also, for detection of viscosity of small volume of fluids.