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MEMS for space

Nico de Rooij, Herbert Shea, Danick Briand, Wilfried Noell, Sebastian Gautsch

Future space exploration will emphasize on cost effectiveness and highly focused mission objectives. Missions costs are directly proportional to its total weight, thus, the trend will be to replace bulky and heavy components of space carriers, communicatio ...

2009

A micro gas preconcentrator with improved performance for pollution monitoring and explosives detection

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, El Hadji Malick Camara

This paper presents the optimization of a micro gas preconcentrator based on a micro-channel in porous and non-porous silicon filled with an adequate adsorbent. This micro gas preconcentrator is both applicable in the fields of atmospheric pollution monito ...

Elsevier2011

Gas Detection with a Micro FTIR Spectrometer in the MIR Region

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Hans Peter Herzig, Toralf Scharf

We report on the application of a silicon micromachined lamellar grating interferometer in a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer for the detection of gases in the mid-infrared (MIR) region. The FTIR spectrometer was equipped with MIR optical fib ...

Elsevier2009

Energy scavenging from a rotating gear using an impact type piezoelectric mems scavenger

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Don Isarakorn

A device for energy harvesting from an impact by using a piezoelectric MEMS harvester comprising at least a gear (1) driven by an inertial mass system and a piezoelectric transducer (2) located over the gear in order to keep the system as compact as possib ...

2012

Preconcentration Modeling for the Optimization of a Micro Gas Preconcentrator Applied to Environmental Monitoring

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, El Hadji Malick Camara

This paper presents the optimization of a micro gas preconcentrator (mu-GP) system applied to atmospheric pollution monitoring, with the help of a complete modeling of the preconcentration cycle. Two different approaches based on kinetic equations are used ...

American Chemical Society2015

Editorial: Modeling and Applications of Optoelectronic Devices for Access Networks

Nico de Rooij

2021

Evaluation of pH indicator-based colorimetric films for ammonia detection using optical waveguides

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Jérôme Courbat

The evaluation of colorimetric films for the detection of low concentrations of gaseous ammonia in a waveguide configuration is presented. They were composed of a pH indicator selective to NH3 embedded in a polymeric matrix and deposited on an optical wave ...

Elsevier2009

Remote Nanoimaging on Mars - Results of the Atomic Force Microscope Onboard NASA's Phoenix Mission

Nico de Rooij, Sebastian Gautsch

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press2011

Double-Side-Coated Nanomechanical Membrane-Type Surface Stress Sensor (MSS) for One-Chip-One-Channel Setup

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Peter Vettiger, Sebastian Gautsch, Frédéric Loizeau

With their capability for real-time and label-free detection of targets ranging from gases to biological molecules, nanomechanical sensors are expected to contribute to various fields, such as medicine, security, and environmental science. For practical ap ...

American Chemical Society2013

On The Optimization And Performances Of A Compact Piezoelectric Impact Mems Energy Harvester

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Robert Andrew Lockhart

This paper presents the development of a compact energy harvesting configuration to convert low frequency, mechanical oscillations into usable electrical energy using AFM-like MEMS piezoelectric cantilevers coupled to a rotating gear. In this approach, one ...

IEEE2014

Tubular gas preconcentrators based on inkjet printed micro-hotplates on foil

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, El Hadji Malick Camara

This paper presents the design and implementation of a foil gas preconcentrator (FGP) based on a gold micro-hotplate inkjet printed on a polyimide (PI) substrate. The device is made on flexible foil using printing whereas all preconcentrators seen in liter ...

Elsevier2016

Foil-Level Inkjet-Printed pyroMEMS Balloon Actuators: Fabrication, Modeling, and Validation

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Francisco Molina Lopez, David de Koninck

A cleanroom-free fabrication process adapted to microfluidic devices is presented for pyrotechnical microelectromechanical systems balloon actuators. The actuators are intended for on-chip pumping and fluid ejection to replace tabletop pumping solutions in ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

Biosensor Microprobe Functionalisation Using an On-Chip Dispensing Approach

Nico de Rooij, Peter Van der Wal

Silicon biosensor microprobes for the in vivo detection of neurotransmitters are equipped with removable clips for an on-chip functionalisation technique that allows a simple and comfortable but very local and reproducible deposition of sensitive layers on ...

Elsevier Science, Reg Sales Off, Customer Support Dept, 655 Ave Of The Americas, New York, Ny 10010 Usa2009

Low-temperature thin-film indium bonding for reliable wafer-level hermetic MEMS packaging

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Yves Pétremand

This paper reports on low-temperature and hermetic thin-film indium bonding for wafer-level encapsulation and packaging of delicate and temperature sensitive devices. This indium-bonding technology enables bonding of surface materials commonly used in MEMS ...

Institute of Physics2013

A dual-axis pointing mirror with moving-magnet actuation

Nico de Rooij, Wilfried Noell, Caglar Ataman, Sébastien Lani

A large-aperture and large-angle MEMS-based 2D pointing mirror is presented. The device is electromagnetically actuated by a moving-magnet/stationary-coil pair and potentially suited for high power laser beam shaping and beam pointing applications, such as ...

Institute of Physics2013

The measurement of biomechanical properties of porcine articular cartilage using atomic force microscopy

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama

We have recently demonstrated that indentation-type atomic force microscopy (IT-AFM) is capable of detecting early onset osteoarthritis (OA) (Stolz, 2009). This study was based on biopsies, using a desk-top commercial atomic force microscope (AFM). However ...

Japan Society of Histological Documentation / International Society of Histology and Cytology2011

Fully Inkjet-Printed Parallel-Plate Capacitive Gas Sensors on Flexible Substrate

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Francisco Molina Lopez

Small fully inkjet-printed gas sensors based on capacitive parallel-plate (PP) structures have been realized on flexible plastic foil and characterized. A gas sensing layer was inkjet-printed between inkjet-printed bottom and top silver electrodes. Compare ...

Ieee2012

Piezoresistive Membrane-Type Surface Stress Sensor Arranged In Arrays For Cancer Diagnosis Through Breath Analysis

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Peter Vettiger, Sebastian Gautsch, Frédéric Loizeau

We present the fabrication, characterization and successful medical application of a membrane-type surface stress sensor (MSS), arranged in arrays for molecular detection in gaseous phase. Made out of SOI substrate, a round membrane with a diameter of 5 0 ...

IEEE2013

Design, simulation, fabrication, packaging, and characterization of a MEMS-based mirror array for femtosecond pulse-shaping in phase and amplitude

Nico de Rooij, Wilfried Noell, Luigi Bonacina, Jérôme Extermann, Sébastien Lani, Fabio Jutzi

We present an in-detail description of the design, simulation, fabrication, and packaging of a linear micromirror array specifically designed for temporal pulse shaping of ultrashort laser pulses. The innovative features of this device include a novel comb ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Multi sensor platform on plastic foil for environmental monitoring

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Jérôme Courbat

2009