Leveraging eigenvalue veering for improved sensing with microelectromechanical systems

Energy localization in nearly periodic microsystems can be leveraged to create a new sensing paradigm that is orders of magnitude more sensitive than current resonant-frequency based systems. In this thesis, the theory which supports this claim is independently developed from a mathematical descript...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reynen, Gregory Peter
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42808