Search Results - "HASHIGUCHI, Gen"
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Improvement of the reliability of potassium-ion electrets thorough an additional oxidation process
Published in Applied physics letters (12-12-2022)“…Potassium-ion electrets, which mainly consist of amorphous silica and permanently store negative charge, are vital elements of small autonomous…”
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Electret MEMS Vibration Energy Harvester with Reconfigurable Frequency Response
Published in Sensors and materials (01-01-2023)“…We demonstrate a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) electret-type vibrational energy harvester with a wide bandwidth between 25 and 60 Hz (span of 35 Hz)…”
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Negative-charge-storing mechanism of potassium-ion SiO2-based electrets for vibration-powered generators
Published in Applied physics letters (09-11-2020)“…A potassium-ion electret, which is a key element of vibration-powered microelectromechanical generators, can store negative charge almost permanently. However,…”
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An Electret-Augmented Low-Voltage MEMS Electrostatic Out-of-Plane Actuator for Acoustic Transducer Applications
Published in Micromachines (Basel) (04-03-2020)“…Despite the development of energy-efficient devices in various applications, microelectromechanical system (MEMS) electrostatic actuators yet require high…”
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Imaging of an Electret Film Fabricated on a Micro-Machined Energy Harvester by a Kelvin Probe Force Microscope
Published in IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement (2022)“…An imaging method for a highly charged material using a Kelvin probe force microscope (KFM) was developed. Energy harvesters generate electric energy from the…”
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Effect of carbon atoms on the reliability of potassium-ion electrets used in vibration-powered generators
Published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (01-07-2022)“…Potassium-ion electrets, which are key elements in vibration-powered microelectromechanical generators, can store negative charge almost permanently. However,…”
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Power Generation Demonstration of Electrostatic Vibrational Energy Harvester with Comb Electrodes and Suspensions Located in Upper and Lower Decks
Published in Sensors and materials (14-04-2022)“…In this paper, a vibrational energy harvester formed in a double-deck structure is presented. Comb electrodes covered with an electret skin are located in the…”
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Effect of hydrogen atoms on potassium-ion electrets used in vibration-powered generators
Published in Materials science in semiconductor processing (01-04-2023)“…Potassium-ion electrets, which are mainly composed of amorphous silica and potassium atoms, can accumulate negative charges and are expected to be useful for…”
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A Method to Determine the Electret Charge Potential of MEMS Vibrational Energy Harvester Using Pure-White Noise
Published in IEEE transactions on semiconductor manufacturing (01-05-2020)“…A high-speed measurement method has been developed to electrically determine the potential voltage of the permanent charge or electret formed in a MEMS…”
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Development of a Cantilever-Type Electrostatic Energy Harvester and Its Charging Characteristics on a Highway Viaduct
Published in Micromachines (Basel) (28-09-2017)“…We have developed a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) electrostatic vibratory power generator with over 100 μ W RMS of (root-mean-square) output electric…”
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MEMS electrostatic inductive transformer using potassium ion electrets for up- or down-conversion of AC current
Published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (01-10-2016)“…In this paper, we report on a novel MEMS electrostatic inductive transformer using potassium ion electrets on mechanically movable silicon microelectrodes. The…”
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A Bistable Comb-Drive Electrostatic Actuator Biased by the Built-In Potential of Potassium Ion Electret
Published in Journal of microelectromechanical systems (01-08-2016)“…A new bistable micro-electro-mechanical systems actuator functioned by the potassium ion electret technique is presented. We utilize a three-terminal…”
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Reliability of potassium ion electret in silicon oxide for vibrational energy harvester applications
Published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (01-06-2015)“…In this paper, we report on the long-term reliability of potassium ion electret included in a thermally grown silicon oxide. The electret in this work is used…”
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Humidity Dependence of Charge Transport through DNA Revealed by Silicon-Based Nanotweezers Manipulation
Published in Biophysical journal (01-01-2008)“…The study of the electrical properties of DNA has aroused increasing interest since the last decade. So far, controversial arguments have been put forward to…”
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Analytical Model for MEMS Electret Energy Harvester with Long-stroke Tip-sliding Electrodes
Published in Sensors and materials (01-01-2019)“…We develop an equivalent circuit model for a MEMS vibrational energy harvester that uses electrets or permanent electrical charges to generate electrostatic…”
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Single DNA Molecule Isolation and Trapping in a Microfluidic Device
Published in Chemphyschem (24-08-2007)“…This paper presents a systematic method to isolate and trap long single DNA segments between integrated electrodes in a microfluidic environment. Double…”
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A Fluidic Vibrational Energy Harvester for Implantable Medical Device Applications
Published in Electronics and communications in Japan (01-04-2018)“…SUMMARY In this paper, we report on a proof‐of‐concept level energy harvester device that could earn electric power of 0.093 μW/cm2 by the fluidic motion in a…”
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Modeling of Vibrating-Body Field-Effect Transistors Based on the Electromechanical Interactions Between the Gate and the Channel
Published in IEEE transactions on electron devices (01-08-2012)“…A coupled analysis method for the mechanical and electrical systems of vibrating-body field-effect transistors (VB-FETs) is described. To accommodate energy…”
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Fabrication of a micro needle for a trace blood test
Published in Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical (01-04-2002)“…A human being has pain and fear when pricked by a needle in a blood test. On the other hand, he has almost no pain and no fear when pricked by a needle of a…”
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Two orders agreement between stiffness measurement of µ-scale beam with analytical, macroscopic predictions
Published in Sensors and actuators. A. Physical. (16-04-2022)“…Miniaturization technology for creating three-dimensional structures is constantly advancing, reaching a processing accuracy of several µm. Therefore, it is…”
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