CMOS-Compatible Strain Engineering for Monolayer Semiconductor Transistors

CMOS-Compatible Strain Engineering in Monolayer Semiconductor Transistors Academic Background With the continuous advancement of semiconductor technology, two-dimensional (2D) materials have garnered significant attention for their atomic-level thinness, which makes them ideal for high-density, low-power electronic devices. Among them, transition m...

High Sound Pressure Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers Using Sputtered Potassium Sodium Niobate

Advances in High Sound Pressure Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers Academic Background Ultrasonic transducers are widely used in object detection, non-destructive testing (NDT), biomedical imaging, and therapeutic treatments. Compared to traditional bulk ultrasonic transducers, piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMU...

Root-Inspired, Template-Confined Additive Printing for Fabricating High-Robust Conformal Electronics

Root-Inspired, Template-Constrained Additive Printing for Fabricating Highly Robust Conformal Electronics Academic Background With the rapid development of emerging application scenarios such as smart robotics, smart skins, and integrated sensing systems, the application of conformal electronic devices on freeform surfaces has become crucial. Howev...

Study on the Piezoresistivity of Cr-Doped V2O3 Thin Film for MEMS Sensor Applications

Study on the Piezoresistivity of Cr-Doped V₂O₃ Thin Film for MEMS Sensor Applications Academic Background Piezoresistive microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors are devices that utilize the piezoresistive effect of a material to convert stress changes, induced by the physical property being observed, into resistance changes. These sensors, su...

Revolutionary Self-Powered Transducing Mechanism for Long-Lasting and Stable Glucose Monitoring: Achieving Selective and Sensitive Bacterial Endospore Germination in Microengineered Paper-Based Platforms

Revolutionary Self-Powered Glucose Monitoring Mechanism: Microengineered Paper-Based Platform with Microbial Spores Academic Background Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood glucose levels, which can lead to severe complications such as cardiovascular diseases, retinopathy, kidney failure, and neuropathy. The glob...

Nonlinear Coupling of Closely Spaced Modes in Atomically Thin MoS2 Nanoelectromechanical Resonators

Study of Nonlinear Coupling in Atomically Thin MoS₂ Nanoelectromechanical Resonators Academic Background With the rapid development of nanotechnology, Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) have shown great potential in fields such as sensors, signal processing, and quantum computing. Particularly, two-dimensional (2D) materials like molybdenum disul...

Coupling the Thermal Acoustic Modes of a Bubble to an Optomechanical Sensor

Coupling the Thermal Acoustic Modes of a Bubble to an Optomechanical Sensor Academic Background The acoustic behavior of bubbles in liquids has long been a significant research topic in physics and engineering. The vibrational modes of bubbles are not only closely related to acoustic phenomena in nature but also have broad applications in fields su...

Precision Autofocus in Optical Microscopy with Liquid Lenses Controlled by Deep Reinforcement Learning

Precision Autofocus in Optical Microscopy with Liquid Lenses Controlled by Deep Reinforcement Learning Academic Background Microscopic imaging plays a crucial role in scientific research, biomedical studies, and engineering applications. However, traditional microscopes and autofocus techniques face hardware limitations and slow software speeds in ...

Putting Piezoelectric Sensors into Fano Resonances

Piezoelectric resonance sensors are widely used in chemical and biological sensing applications. They operate by detecting the resonant frequency shift of piezoelectric resonators caused by the deposition of analytes on their surfaces. To detect minute changes in analytes, resonators require a high quality factor (Q factor). Traditionally, methods ...

Fiber Optics-Based Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Sensors for Rapid Multiplex Detection of Foodborne Pathogens in Raw Poultry

Fiber Optics-Based Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Sensors for Rapid Multiplex Detection of Foodborne Pathogens in Raw Poultry Academic Background Foodborne illnesses are a significant global public health challenge, with Salmonella being one of the leading pathogens causing such diseases. In the United States alone, Salmonella results in 1.35 ...