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Assessment of protein binding with magnetic microrobots in fluid

Mahmut Selman Sakar

For applications such as targeting therapeutic nanocarriers to specific tissues, as well as for the more general problem of assessing binding affinity between proteins, it is important to discover tools which may be used for both micromanipulation as well ...

2013

LTCC-Based Sensors for Mechanical Quantities

Thomas Maeder, Carolin Lohrberg

Besides their excellent dielectric and thermo-mechanical characteristics Low Temperature Cofiring Ceramics (LTCC) are also well suited for the fabrication of 3D micromechanical components such as sensors for mechanical quantities. This paper describes the ...

Soc Microelectronics, Electron Components Materials-Midem2012

Statistical Study of the Unfolding of Multimodular Proteins and their Energy Landscape by Atomic Force Microscopy

Fabrizio Benedetti

The aim of the present thesis is to investigate several aspects of: the proteins mechanics, interprotein interactions and to study also new techniques, theoretical and technical, to obtain and analyze the force spectroscopy experiments. The first section i ...

EPFL2012

Force feedback keyboard: self sensing

Yves Chevallier

Within the framework of a project consisting in developing a haptic keyboard, each key is aimed to be controlled individually in position and force. Small sized actuators has already been designed and integrated in a 64 keys force feedback keyboard. The pr ...

2011

Reliable MEMS Actuators for Driving Large Microsystems

Nicolas Bernard Golay

Nowadays many consumer electronic devices are using small engines (micromotors). Thanks to technological innovation, the components can be imbedded into numerous portable systems. The key factors for a nomadic integration are: reduction of power consumptio ...

EPFL2010

Silicon microcantilevers with MOSFET detection

Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo

We report the fabrication of silicon microcantilevers with MOSFET detection, to be used in force measurements for biomolecular detection. Thin cantilevers are required for a high force sensitivity. Therefore the source and drain of the transistors have bee ...

2010

Silicon microcantilevers with MOSFET detection

Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo

2009

Strength of the baseplate fixation of a reversed shoulder prosthesis

Stephanie Kochbeck

A reversed shoulder prosthesis is the general treatment of glenohumeral arthritis and concomitant rotator cuff arthropathy. However, failure due to loosening of the components remains a concern. The purpose of this study was to examine the forces that occu ...

2008

Physical properties and interactions of biomolecules

Mélanie Favre

The aim of this thesis was to explore the statistical physics and the mechanical properties of individual biomolecules, to study their interactions, and to develop new techniques based on atomic force microscopy (AFM). First, we exploit the high resolution ...

EPFL2008

Analytical Force Determination in an Electromagnetic Actuator

Yves Perriard, Marcel Jufer, Miroslav Markovic

We present an original analytical determination of the force acting on the moving coil in an electromagnetic actuator. The actuator magnetic field is solved analytically by Schwarz-Christoffel (SC) mapping. The SC integral is solved analytically using the ...

2008