... biosensors. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Biosensors Fibre optics Microengineering Transducers A biosensor is an intelligent, material‐based high technology device incorporating a biological sensing element either closely connected to, or integrated within, a transducer system. Normally...

... performance are important. Describes the main ultra precision machining processes and illustrates how cutting and grinding have been stretched into the nanotechnology regime, especially for advanced ceramics, glasses and opto‐electronic materials. Machining Manufacturing Microengineering Nanotechnology...

... in delay lines and filters. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Microengineering Nanotechnology Sensors Features München: pH and SAW Gareth Monkman The author Gareth Monkman is with Fachbereich Elektrotechnik, Fachhochschule Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. Tel: +49 941 943 2122; Fax:+49 941 943 4932...

... MCB UP Limited 1996 Microengineering Sensors Features Resonance: picking up good vibrations Principles of resonant sensing Many varieties of resonant sensors exist and they have been in use in a multitude of applications for many years. At the heart of the sensor is the resonator...

... of a miniature sensor which triggers airbag inflation in vehicles; and a sensor to measure pressure at high temperatures for use within the aeronautics industry. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Aerospace engineering Microengineering Motor industry Sensors Features Sensor research at the French Atomic...

... synchroton, electron beam and excimer laser irradiation. Gives a comb actuator and an electrostatic motor as examples of micromachined components. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Tutorial Fabrication technology for microengineering R.A. Lawes The author R.A. Lawes is with the Central Microstructure Facility...

...F. Yalcinkaya; E.T. Powner Reviews intelligent structures through surface‐ and bulk‐micromachining. Examines the merits of these techniques and their past, present and future applications to real‐life problems. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Machining Microengineering Sensors Features...