CiteULike
Facebook
Mendeley
Twitter
This article is- freely available
- re-usable
Sensors 2008, 8(11), 7530-7544; doi:10.3390/s8117530
Article
A Study on Increasing Sensitivity of Rectangular Microcantilevers Used in Biosensors
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, 253 Yonghyun-dong, Nam-Ku, Incheon, 402-751 Republic of Korea
* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 27 October 2008; in revised form: 10 November 2008 / Accepted: 10 November 2008 / Published: 25 November 2008
(This article belongs to the Special Issue BioMEMS)
Download PDF Full-Text [628 KB, uploaded 26 November 2008 10:56 CET]
Abstract: This study proposes a new microcantilever design with a rectangular hole at the fixed end of the cantilever that is more sensitive than conventional ones. A commercial finite element analysis software ANSYS is used to analyze it. The Stoney equation is first used to calculate the surface stress induced moment, and then applied to the microcantilever free end to produce deflection. The stress analysis of the proposed and conventional designs is performed, followed by dynamic analysis of the proposed design. We found that the Sader equation is more accurate than Stoney in predicting cantilever deflections, and that for increasing the sensitivity of a microcantilever biosensor increasing the cantilever thickness is more practical.
Keywords: Surface stress; Biosensor; Microcantilever; Stoney equation; Sader equation
Article Statistics
Click here to load and display the download statistics.Cite This Article
MDPI and ACS Style
Ansari, M.Z.; Cho, C. A Study on Increasing Sensitivity of Rectangular Microcantilevers Used in Biosensors. Sensors 2008, 8, 7530-7544.
AMA StyleAnsari MZ, Cho C. A Study on Increasing Sensitivity of Rectangular Microcantilevers Used in Biosensors. Sensors. 2008; 8(11):7530-7544.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnsari, Mohd. Z.; Cho, Chongdu. 2008. "A Study on Increasing Sensitivity of Rectangular Microcantilevers Used in Biosensors." Sensors 8, no. 11: 7530-7544.