Search Results - "Fabio Quaranta"
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Crafting at the nanoscale: A comprehensive review of mechanical Atomic force microscopy-based lithography methods and their evolution
Published in Materials & design (01-07-2024)“…[Display omitted] •m-SPL techniques allow the patterning at the nanoscale with unprecedented precision.•Nanoindentation is the easiest m-SPL, permitting the…”
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Thin Film Encapsulation for RF MEMS in 5G and Modern Telecommunication Systems
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (10-04-2020)“…In this work, SiN /a-Si/SiN caps on conductive coplanar waveguides (CPWs) are proposed for thin film encapsulation of radio-frequency microelectromechanical…”
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Pulse-Atomic Force Lithography: A Powerful Nanofabrication Technique to Fabricate Constant and Varying-Depth Nanostructures
Published in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) (17-03-2022)“…The widespread use of nanotechnology in different application fields, resulting in the integration of nanostructures in a plethora of devices, has addressed…”
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Pile-Ups Formation in AFM-Based Nanolithography: Morpho-Mechanical Characterization and Removal Strategies
Published in Micromachines (Basel) (15-11-2022)“…In recent decades, great efforts have been made to develop innovative, effective, and accurate nanofabrication techniques stimulated by the growing demand for…”
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Investigation of the Effects of Pulse-Atomic Force Nanolithography Parameters on 2.5D Nanostructures' Morphology
Published in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) (11-12-2022)“…In recent years, Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)-based nanolithography techniques have emerged as a very powerful approach for the machining of countless types…”
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Effects of Polymer Matrices and Carbon Nanotubes on the Generation of Electric Energy in a Microbial Fuel Cell
Published in Membranes (Basel) (25-10-2018)“…The anode of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) was formed on a graphite electrode and immobilized VKM-1280 bacterial cells. Immobilization was performed in chitosan,…”
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Performance enhancement of a GaAs detector with a vertical field and an embedded thin low-temperature grown layer
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (18-02-2013)“…Low temperature growth of GaAs (LT-GaAs) near 200 °C results in a recombination lifetime of nearly 1 ps, compared with approximately 1 ns for regular…”
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Low-temperature thin film encapsulation for MEMS with silicon nitride/chromium cap
Published in IEEE sensors journal (01-08-2023)“…In this work, a low-temperature fabrication process of thin film encapsulation (TFE) with silicon nitride/chromium cap is proposed for large-size (750 μm x 300…”
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Out-of-plane deformation and pull-in voltage of cantilevers with residual stress gradient: experiment and modelling
Published in Microsystem technologies : sensors, actuators, systems integration (01-09-2019)“…The out-of-plane deformation and the pull-in voltage of electrostatically actuated cantilevers with a residual stress gradient, is investigated in the length…”
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On the electrostatic actuation of capacitive RF MEMS switches on GaAs substrate
Published in Sensors and actuators. A. Physical. (01-08-2015)“…The electrostatic actuation behaviour of the gold bridge in capacitive radio frequency microelectromechanical system switches, fabricated on GaAs substrate, is…”
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Anomalous Capacitance Enhancement Triggered by Light
Published in IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics (01-07-2015)“…Capacitance of capacitors in which one or both plates are made of a two-dimensional charge system (2DCS) can be increased beyond their geometric structural…”
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An Unconventional Hybrid Variable Capacitor With a 2-D Electron Gas
Published in IEEE transactions on electron devices (01-02-2014)“…Moderation of internal quantum mechanical energies, such as exchange energy of an unconventional contact, comprised of a system of 2-D charge carriers,…”
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High speed photodetectors based on a two-dimensional electron/hole gas heterostructure
Published in Applied physics letters (22-04-2013)“…We report on high-speed metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors based on Schottky-contacted (Al,In)GaAs heterostructures…”
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Influence of design and fabrication on RF performance of capacitive RF MEMS switches
Published in Microsystem technologies : sensors, actuators, systems integration (01-07-2016)“…Shunt capacitive radio-frequency microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS) switches were fabricated on silicon substrate and characterized in the RF domain…”
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High-Speed, High-Sensitivity Optoelectronic Device with Bilayer Electron and Hole Charge Plasma
Published in ACS photonics (16-07-2014)“…Analogous to a drop exciting a wave in a reservoir that is detected more rapidly than the drop’s transport by current flow, charge plasma confined in a…”
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Low-temperature grown GaAs heterojunction metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors improve speed and efficiency
Published in Applied physics letters (14-11-2011)“…Low-temperature-grown GaAs (LT-GaAs) has a picosecond recombination lifetime, making a fast photodetector material but limiting carrier mobility and collection…”
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Reliability Enhancement by Suitable Actuation Waveforms for Capacitive RF MEMS Switches in III-V Technology
Published in Journal of microelectromechanical systems (01-04-2012)“…In this paper, the reliability of shunt capacitive radio frequency microelectromechanical systems switches developed on GaAs substrate using a III-V technology…”
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Facial Nerve Paralysis in Temporal Bone Fractures: Outcomes after Late Decompression Surgery
Published in Acta oto-laryngologica (01-07-2001)“…The aim of this paper was to address some of the unanswered questions regarding management of facial nerve paralysis in temporal bone fractures (TBF), such as…”
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Capacitive RF MEMS Switches With Tantalum-Based Materials
Published in Journal of microelectromechanical systems (01-04-2011)“…In this paper, shunt capacitive RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are developed in III-V technology using tantalum nitride (TaN) and tantalum…”
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Fabrication of AlN-Based Flexible Piezoelectric Pressure Sensor to Integrate into an Artificial Pancreas
Published in Proceedings (01-11-2018)“…Present work reports the fabrication and characterization of a flexible AlN-based piezoelectric pressure sensor integrated, as insulin capsule punching…”
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