Control of buckling in large micromembranes using engineered support structures

In this paper we describe a general method to avoid stress-induced buckling of thin and large freestanding membranes. We show that using properly designed supports, in the form of microbeams, we can reduce the out-of-plane deflection of the membrane while maintaining its stiffness. As a proof of pri...

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Main Authors: Iwase, Eiji (Author), Hui, Pui-Chuen (Author), Woolf, David (Author), Rodriguez, Alejandro W (Author), Johnson, Steven G. (Contributor), Capasso, Federico (Author), Loncar, Marko (Author), Rodriguez, Alejandro W. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2013-10-01T17:42:40Z.
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