DocumentCode :
2282352
Title :
Fabrication and characterization of magnetostrictive cantilever beams for magnetic actuation
Author :
Enyioha, Chinwendu K. ; Stadler, Bethanie J. ; Basantkumar, Rajneeta
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Sci., Gardner-Webb Univ., NC
fYear :
2007
fDate :
22-25 March 2007
Firstpage :
606
Lastpage :
606
Abstract :
The need for magnetostrictive materials is growing for applications in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microelectronic devices due to their ability to enable remote control via magnetic fields. This work studies an alloy of iron and gallium, Galfenol (thin films), and its magnetostrictive properties on a nano scale, finding approaches to increase the magnetostriction coefficient of thin-film Galfenol in the magnetostrictive cantilever beam fabrication process. One goal of this work is to build a non-direct contact micro actuator for use as a drug delivery device to the human eye, using Galfenol as the magnetostrictive material.
Keywords :
beams (structures); cantilevers; drug delivery systems; gallium alloys; iron alloys; magnetostrictive devices; microactuators; Fe-Ga; drug delivery device; human eye; magnetic actuation; magnetostrictive cantilever beams; magnetostrictive materials; microelectromechanical systems; nondirect contact microactuator; thin-film Galfenol; Fabrication; Gallium alloys; Magnetic devices; Magnetic materials; Magnetostriction; Magnetostrictive devices; Microelectromechanical systems; Micromechanical devices; Structural beams; Transistors;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
SoutheastCon, 2007. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Richmond, VA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1028-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1029-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.2007.342974
Filename :
4147504
Link To Document :
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