Publications by Christophe Yamahata

DNA Manipulation Based on Nanotweezers

Springer Netherlands2016

Capillary-valve-based platform towards cell-on-chip mechanotransduction assays

Martinus Gijs, Dominique Pioletti, Hicham Majd, Christophe Yamahata, Tanja Cloé Hausherr, Arnaud Müller

Reliable in vitro models are required to understand the ability of cells to respond and adapt to mechanical stimuli. To mimic and interface with the microenvironment, lab-on-a-chip devices and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) provide excellent options ...

Elsevier2013

High-angular-range electrostatic rotary stepper micromotors fabricated with SOI technology

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata, Marc Stranczl

Flexible bearings are advantageous for microelectromechanical systems as they enable precise, accurate, repeatable, and reliable motion without frictional contact. Based on the principle of a rotary folded-beam suspension, we have designed, fabricated, mod ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2012

DNA Manipulation Based on Nanotweezers

Christophe Yamahata

Characterization of DNA molecules by mechanical tweezers ...

Springer Science+Business Media2012

Temporally aliased video microscopy: an undersampling method for in-plane modal analysis of microelectromechanical systems

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata, Marc Stranczl

A simple optical method is proposed for performing in-plane experimental modal analysis of micromachined structures with a conventional charge-coupled device (CCD) camera. The motion of a micromechanical device actuated by high frequency sinusoidal forces ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2012

Modal analysis and modeling of a frictionless electrostatic rotary stepper micromotor

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata, Marc Stranczl

We present the design, modeling and characterization of a 3-phase electrostatic rotary stepper micromotor. The proposed motor is a monolithic device fabricated using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The rotor is suspended with a frictionless flexural ...

IEEE2011

Subpixel translation of MEMS measured by discrete Fourier transform analysis of CCD images

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata, Marc Stranczl

We present a straightforward method for measuring in-plane linear displacements of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with a subnanometer resolution. The technique is based on Fourier transform analysis of a video recorded with a Charge-Coupled Device ( ...

2011

Subnanometer translation of microelectromechanical systems measured by discrete Fourier analysis of CCD images

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata

In-plane linear displacements of microelectromechanical systems are measured with subnanometer accuracy by observing periodic micropatterns with a CCD camera attached to an optical microscope. The translation of the microstructure is retrieved from the vid ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2010

Miniaturized PMMA ball-valve micropump with cylindrical electromagnetic actuator

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata, Meng Shen

We have fabricated and characterized a reciprocating poly(methylmetacrylate) (PMMA) ball-valve micropump actuated with a miniaturized cylindrical electromagnetic circuit. By finite element calculations, we have optimized the structure of the electromagnet ...

2008

A high-performance compact electromagnetic actuator for a PMMA ball-valve micropump

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata, Meng Shen

We present the microfabrication and characterization of a reciprocating-type poly(methylmetacrylate) (PMMA) ball-valve micropump which is actuated with a high-performance and compact electromagnetic circuit of centimeter size. We have improved by finite el ...

Institute of Physics2008