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Spark plasma sintering of TiNi nano-powder by Shearwood, C., Fu, Y.Q., Yu, L., Khor, K.A.

“…Spark plasma sintering of Ti 50Ni 50 nano-powder at a temperature of 800 °C produced specimens showing good shape memory effect and density. Below this…”
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Development of a levitated micromotor for application as a gyroscope by Shearwood, C, Ho, K.Y, Williams, C.B, Gong, H

“…A miniature rotating gyroscope is described, in which a 0.5 mm aluminium rotor is levitated, rotated, and constrained by a combination of electromagnetic…”
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Modelling and testing of a frictionless levitated micromotor by Williams, C.B., Shearwood, C., Mellor, P.H., Yates, R.B.

“…This paper describes a frictionless micromotor, in which an aluminum rotor is levitated, constrained laterally and rotated by electromagnetic induction. The…”
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Growth and patterning of amorphous FeSiBC films by Shearwood, C., Mattingley, A.D., Gibbs, M.R.J.

“…We report the growth of amorphous FeSiBC films on a range of substrates including oriented semiconductor, polycrystalline metal, and polyimide. The films vary…”
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Applications of polyimide membranes to MEMS technology by Shearwood, C., Harradine, M.A., Birch, T.S., Stevens, J.C.

“…The fabrication of polyimide membranes on GaAs (001) substrates by bulk micro-machining is described. These membranes have diameters in the range of 1 mm to 8…”
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Proposal for Micromachined Accelerometer, Based on a Contactless Suspension With Zero Spring Constant by Poletkin, K. V., Chernomorsky, A. I., Shearwood, C.

“…In this paper, a micromachined accelerometer, based on a contactless suspension with a zero spring constant is proposed. The sensor provides the possibility of…”
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Towards control of the switching field: manganite permalloy heterostructures by Gibbs, M. R. J., Ziese, M., Gehring, G. A., Blythe, H. J., Coombes, D. J., Sena, S. P., Shearwood, C.

“…It is well established that the resistance of the manganites is a function of the magnetization. In a conventional experiment, the magnetization is changed by…”
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Mechanical properties and interfacial characteristics of carbon-nanotube-reinforced epoxy thin films by Xu, Xiaojing, Thwe, Moe Moe, Shearwood, Christopher, Liao, Kin

“…Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) reinforced epoxy composite thin films were prepared by a microfabrication process and their elastic modulus was determined…”
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Initial fabrication of a micro-induction gyroscope by Williams, C.B., Shearwood, C., Mellor, P.H., Mattingley, A.D., Gibbs, M.R.J., Yates, R.B.

“…A planar coil design capable of levitating an aluminium rotor by electromagnetic induction is described. The coil is fabricated from Au onto a Si(001)…”
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Amorphous melt spun ribbons and sputtered thin films — investigation of the magnetic domain structures by TEM by Heyderman, L.J., Chapman, J.N., Gibbs, M.R.J., Shearwood, C.

“…The magnetic structures and magnetisation reversal in thinned melt spun ribbons and sputtered amorphous thin films of Metglas 2605SC (Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2) have…”
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Magnetic and magnetoelastic properties of amorphous Fe-Si-B-C films by Mattingley, A.D., Shearwood, C., Gibbs, M.R.J.

“…We present magnetic and magnetoelastic data measured from a wide range of amorphous films grown by RF sputter deposition. The films were deposited in HV…”
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Piezomagnetic tuning of a micromachined resonator by Gibbs, M.R.J., Shearwood, C., Dancaster, J.L., Frere, P.E.M., Jacobs-Cook, A.J.

“…We have been developing a range of high performance thin film and multilayer piezomagnetic materials for possible integration in to microelectromechanical…”
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Characterization of nanocrystalline TiNi powder by Fu, Yongqing, Shearwood, Christopher

“…Nanocrystalline TiNi powder, prepared by the electro-explosion of wire method, was characterized in this work. Analysis using differential scanning calorimetry…”
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Proposal for a Micromachined Dynamically Tuned Gyroscope, Based on a Contactless Suspension by Poletkin, K. V., Chernomorsky, A. I., Shearwood, C.

“…In this paper, the operating principle of a micromachined, dynamically tuned gyroscope, based on a contactless suspension is discussed and its mathematical…”
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Brillouin light scattering studies of iron-cobalt multilayers by Cowen, J.A., Booth, J.G., Boyle, J.W., Boardman, A.D., Booth, K.M., Gibbs, M.R.J., Shearwood, C.

“…Spin wave excitations have been observed in a series of sputtered iron-cobalt (FeCo) multilayer structures using Brillouin light scattering. The substrate in…”
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Selection of the Series Compensation Parameters for a Closed Loop, Rotor Vibratory Gyroscope by Poletkin, K. V., Chernomorsky, A. I., Shearwood, C.

“…This article presents an approach to the selection of the Series Compensation (SC) parameters for a Rotor Vibratory Gyroscope in closed loop operation (RVG),…”
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Influence of the Elastic Properties of the Spring Element on the Rotor Tuning Condition of a Rotor Vibratory Gyroscope by Poletkin, K. V., Chernomorsky, A. I., Shearwood, C.

“…This paper considers the dependence of the rotor tuning condition of a rotor-vibratory gyroscope on the elastic properties of the spring element which has, in…”
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In vitro and in vivo characterization of MEMS microneedles by Teo, Melissa Ai Ling, Shearwood, Christopher, Ng, Kian Chye, Lu, Jia, Moochhala, Shabbir

“…Transdermal drug delivery TDD systems have many advantages but are conventionally limited by the low permeability of skin. The idea of using microneedles to…”
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A shaft-loaded blister test for elastic response and delamination behavior of thin film–substrate system by Xu, Xiaojing, Shearwood, Christopher, Liao, Kin

“…The elastic response of a thin film of photoresist deposited on a silicon wafer is studied by using a shaft-loaded blister test method developed recently…”
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A micro-machined loudspeaker for the hearing impaired by Harradine, M.A., Birch, T.S., Stevens, J.C., Shearwood, C.

“…This paper reports the design, fabrication and testing of the world's first micro-machined electromagnetic loudspeaker for use within a hearing aid system. A…”
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