Zhenyun (the second from right) holding the award certificate with another award winner (Ruochen Lu from UIUC, the third from right), UFFC president (Prof. Clark T.-C. Nguyen from UC Berkeley, the first from right) and conference organizers.
The paper Z. Qian, V. Rajaram, S. Kang and M. Rinaldi, “NEMS Infrared Detectors based on High Quality Factor 50 nm Thick AlN Nano-Plate Resonators”, has been honored as a winner of the Best Student Paper at the 2017 European Frequency and Time Forum & International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS-EFTF 2017) on July 12, 2017 in Besancon, France.
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Zhenyun (the second from right) holding the award certificate with another award winner (Ruochen Lu from UIUC, the third from right), UFFC president (Prof. Clark T.-C. Nguyen from UC Berkeley, the first from right) and conference organizers.
Matteo is promoted to Associate Professor
Prof. Matteo Rinaldi is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! Cheers!
Paper accepted for publication in Nature Nanotechnology
Our paper Z. Qian, S. Kang, V. Rajaram, C. Cassella, N. E. McGruer, and M. Rinaldi, “Zero Power Infrared Digitizers Based on Plasmonically-enhanced Micromechanical Photoswitches”, has been accepted for publication in Nature Nanotechnology!
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4 papers accepted for presentation at Napa workshop 2017
The following 4 papers have been accepted for presentation at the 2017 Napa Microsystems Workshop to be held on August 21-23, 2017 in Napa, California, USA.
- S. Kang, V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, N. McGruer and M. Rinaldi, “Zero-Power Multispectral Infrared Digitizer Based on Optically Actuated Micromechanical Switch”;
- Y. Yu, D. Sounas, C. Cassella, Z. Qian, A. Kord, A. Alu and M. Rinaldi, “Microelectromechanical Resonant Circulator (MIRC) Based on Modulating MEMS Resonators Using RF Switches”;
- G. Chen, C. Cassella, T. Wu, Z. Qian, and M. Rinaldi, “Aluminum Nitride Cross-Sectional Lamé-Mode Resonators with Figure-of-Merit >134 and Frequency Tunability of 70 MHz/µm”;
- T. Wu, G. Chen, M. Assylbekova and N. McGruer, “Nonlinear Switching Behavior of Folded AlN Resoswitches”.
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Zhenyun passed his dissertation defense
Zhenyun Qian successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation “Micro and Nano Electromechanical Systems for
Near-Zero Power Infrared Detection” on April 21, 2017. He will stay in our group as a Post-Doctoral Researcher starting in May.
From left to right in the photo taken after the defense: Dr. Zhenyun Qian, Prof. Matteo Rinaldi, Prof. Swastik Kar,
Prof. Nick McGruer, and Prof. Yongming Liu.
Congratulations!!
Paper accepted for presentation at EFTF-IFCS 2017
The paper Z. Qian, V. Rajaram, S. Kang and M. Rinaldi, “NEMS Infrared Detectors based on High Quality Factor 50 nm Thick AlN Nano-Plate Resonators”, has been accepted for oral presentation at the 2017 European Frequency and Time Forum & International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS-EFTF 2017), to be held on July 9 – July 13, 2017 in Besancon, France. The paper has also been selected as a finalist for the Student Paper Competition.
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4 papers accepted for presentation at Transducers 2017
The following 4 papers have been accepted for presentation at the 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2017) to be held on June 18-22, 2017 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- S. Kang, Z. Qian, V. Rajaram, A. Alù, and M. Rinaldi, “Ultra Narrowband Infrared Absorbers for Omni-Directional and Polarization Insensitive Multi-Spectral Sensing Microsystems”;
- V. Rajaram, Z. Qian, S. Kang, C. Cassella, N. McGruer and M. Rinaldi, “Microelectromechanical Detector of Infrared Spectral Signatures with Near-Zero Standby Power Consumption”;
- C. Cassella, G. Chen, T. Wu, Z. Qian, and M. Rinaldi, “Low Impedance Arrays of Coupled Cross-Sectional Lamé Mode Resonators with High Figure of Merit in Excess of 100”;
- T. Wu, G. Chen, Z. Qian, W. Zhu, M. Rinaldi, and N. McGruer, “A Microelectromechanical AlN Resoswitch for RF Receiver Application”.
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Paper accepted for publication in Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
The paper G. Chen, C. Cassella, Z. Qian, G. Hummel and M. Rinaldi, “Lithographically defined Aluminum Nitride Cross-Sectional Lamé Mode Resonators”, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
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Paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
The paper C. Cassella, G. Chen, Z. Qian, G. Hummel and M. Rinaldi, “Radio Frequency Passive Components Based on Aluminum Nitride Cross-Sectional Lamé Mode MEMS Resonators”,has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
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Paper accepted for presentation at IEEE Sensors 2016
The paper Z. Qian, S. Kang, V. Rajaram and M. Rinaldi, “Narrowband MEMS Resonant Infrared Detectors based on Ultrathin Perfect Plasmonic Absorbers”, has been accepted for lecture presentation at IEEE Sensors 2016, to be held in Orlando, FL from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 2016.
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Paper accepted for publication in Microsystems & Nanoengineering
The paper Z. Qian, Y. Hui, F. Liu, S. Kang, S. Kar and M. Rinaldi, “Graphene Aluminum Nitride NEMS Resonant Infrared Detector” has been accepted for publication in Microsystems & Nanoengineering.
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Paper accepted for late news oral presentation at Hilton Head Workshop 2016
The paper Z. Qian, S. Kang, V. Rajaram and M. Rinaldi, 50 nm Thick Aluminium Nitride Piezoelectric Nano-plate Resonant Thermal Detectors has been accepted for late news oral presentation at the 2016 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2016), Hilton Head, June 5 – 9, 2016.
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Paper accepted for publication in Nature Communications
The paper Y. Hui, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, Z. Qian, A. Alu and M. Rinaldi, “Plasmonic Piezoelectric Nanomechanical Resonator for Spectrally Selective Infrared Sensing” has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications.
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Paper accepted for publication in EDL
The paper C. Cassella, G. Chen, Z. Qian, G. Hummel and M. Rinaldi, “Cross-Sectional Lame Mode Ladder Filters for UHF Wideband Applications” has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Electron Device Letters (EDL).
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Papers accepted for presentation at Hilton Head Workshop 2016
The papers “920 MHz Aluminum Nitride Cross-Sectional Lamé Mode Piezoelectric MEMS Transformer with High Open-Circuit Voltage Gain in Excess of 39” and “Unprecedented Figure of Merit in Excess of 108 in 920 MHz Aluminum Nitride Cross-Sectional Lamé Mode Resonators Showing kt2 in Excess of 6.2%” authored by C. Cassella, G. Chen, Z. Qian, G. Hummel and M. Rinaldi have been accepted for presentation at the 2016 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2016), Hilton Head, June 5 – 9, 2016.
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