MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series Book 42)

MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 6__: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics__ represents one of seven volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM 12th International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Costa Mesa, California, June 11-14, 2012. The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Imaging Methods for Novel Materials and Challenging Applications, Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials and, Composite Materials and Joining Technologies for Composites. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Silicon Carbide High Temperature MEMS Capacitive Strain Sensor....Pages 1-9 Characterizing External Resistive, Inductive and Capacitive Loads for Micro-Switches....Pages 11-18 Principles Involved in Interpreting Single-Molecule Force Measurement of Biomolecules....Pages 19-23 Measurement of the Gold-Gold Bond Rupture Force at 4 K in a Single-Atom Chain Using Photon-Momentum-Based Force Calibration....Pages 25-29 A Precision Force Microscope for Biophysics....Pages 31-36 Hydrodynamic Force Compensation for Single-Molecule Mechanical Testing Using Colloidal Probe Atomic Force Microscopy....Pages 37-40 New Insight into Pile-Up in Thin Film Indentation....Pages 41-46 Strain-Rate Sensitivity (SRS) of Nickel by Instrumented Indentation....Pages 47-52 Frequency Multiplication and Demultiplication in MEMS....Pages 53-58 Characterizing Metal Insulator Transition (MIT) Materials for Use as Micro-Switch Elements....Pages 59-66 Stiction Failure in Microswitches Due to Elasto-Plastic Adhesive Contacts....Pages 67-74 Simultaneous Measurement of Force and Conductance Across Single Molecule Junctions....Pages 75-84 High Speed Magnetic Tweezers at 10,000fps with Reflected Hg-Lamp Illumination....Pages 85-91 Etching Silicon Dioxide for CNT Field Emission Device....Pages 93-99 Modeling of Sheet Metals with Coarse Texture via Crystal Plasticity....Pages 101-110 Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Nano-structured Al6061 Synthesized Using Machining....Pages 111-118 Hardening Behaviour of Thin Wires Under Loading with Strain Gradients....Pages 119-124 Mapping the Histology of the Human Tympanic Membrane by Spatial Domain Optical Coherence Tomography....Pages 125-129 Opto-Mechanical Characterization of a MEMS Sensor for Real-Time Infrared Imaging....Pages 131-134 Global Digital Image Correlation for Pressure Deflected Membranes....Pages 135-140 Design and Development of Internal Friction and Energy Loss Measurement on Nanocrystalline Aluminum Thin Films....Pages 141-147 Detection of Damage of Epoxy Composites Using Carbon Nanotube Network....Pages 149-154 MEMS and nanotechnology represents the sixth of seven volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM 12th International Congress and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Costa Mesa, California, June 11-14, 2012. The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Imaging Methods for Novel Materials and Challenging Applications, Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, and Composite Materials and Joining Technologies for Composites. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology are revolutionary enabling technologies (ETs). These technologies merge the functions of sensing, actuation, and controls with computation and communication to affect the way people and machines interact with the physical world. This is done by integrating advances in various multidisciplinary fields to produce very small devices that use very low power and operate in many different environments. Today, developments in MEMS and nanotechnology are being made at an unprecedented rate, driven by both technology and user requirements. These developments depend on micromechanical and nanomechanical analyses, and characterization of structures comprising nanophase materials. Topics included in this volume are: Devices and fabrication; Measurement Challenges in Single Molecule/Single Atom Mechanical Testing; Nanoindentation; Size effects in metals; Optical methods; [and] Reliability, Residual Stress and Tribology MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the sixth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together 23 contributions to this important area of research and engineering.℗¡ The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental and Applied Mechanics, including papers on:℗¡ Devices & Fabrication Measurement Challenges in Single Molecule/Single Atom Mechanical Testing Nanoindentation Size Effects in Metals Optical Methods Reliability, Residual Stress & Tribology