Next Article in Journal
Study on Low-Speed Stability of a Motorcycle
Next Article in Special Issue
Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis and Energy Dispersion X-ray Microanalysis to Evaluate the Effects of Decontamination Chemicals and Heat Sterilization on Implant Surgical Drills: Zirconia vs. Steel
Previous Article in Journal
A Novel Extraction Method for Wildlife Monitoring Images with Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSNs)
Previous Article in Special Issue
Toward Operations in a Surgical Scenario: Characterization of a Microgripper via Light Microscopy Approach
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
Applied Sciences
Volume 9
Issue 11
10.3390/app9112277
applsci-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles
first_page
settings
Order Article Reprints
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
Article

A Feasibility Study of a Novel Piezo MEMS Tweezer for Soft Materials Characterization

by
Fabio Botta
*,
Andrea Rossi
and
Nicola Pio Belfiore
Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale, 79, 00146 Roma, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(11), 2277; https://doi.org/10.3390/app9112277
Submission received: 1 May 2019 / Revised: 24 May 2019 / Accepted: 28 May 2019 / Published: 2 June 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Engineering for Surgery)
Browse Figures
Versions Notes

Abstract

The opportunity to know the status of a soft tissue (ST) in situ can be very useful for microsurgery or early diagnosis. Since normal and diseased tissues have different mechanical characteristics, many systems have been developed to carry out such measurements locally. Among them, MEMS tweezers are very relevant for their efficiency and relative simplicity compared to the other systems. In this paper a novel piezoelectric MEMS tweezer for soft materials analysis and characterization is presented. A theoretical approach has developed in order to carry out the values of the stiffness, the equivalent Young’s modulus, and the viscous damping coefficients of the analyzed samples. The method has been validated by using both Finite Element Analysis and data from the literature.
Keywords: MEMS; tweezer; piezoelectric; soft tissue; microsurgery MEMS; tweezer; piezoelectric; soft tissue; microsurgery

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Botta, F.; Rossi, A.; Belfiore, N.P. A Feasibility Study of a Novel Piezo MEMS Tweezer for Soft Materials Characterization. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 2277. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9112277

AMA Style

Botta F, Rossi A, Belfiore NP. A Feasibility Study of a Novel Piezo MEMS Tweezer for Soft Materials Characterization. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9(11):2277. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9112277

Chicago/Turabian Style

Botta, Fabio, Andrea Rossi, and Nicola Pio Belfiore. 2019. "A Feasibility Study of a Novel Piezo MEMS Tweezer for Soft Materials Characterization" Applied Sciences 9, no. 11: 2277. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9112277

APA Style

Botta, F., Rossi, A., & Belfiore, N. P. (2019). A Feasibility Study of a Novel Piezo MEMS Tweezer for Soft Materials Characterization. Applied Sciences, 9(11), 2277. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9112277

Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop