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Gap-closing Actuators

Gap-Closing Actuators is an electrostatic actuator that operates by reducing the distance between two electrodes through in-plane or out-of-plane movement, thereby increasing capacitance as a function of applied voltage.

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964

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63

Authors

25

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

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Corner-cube retroreflectors based on structure-assisted assembly for free-space optical communication

Lixia Zhou, Joseph M. Kahn, Kristofer S. J. Pister · Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems · 2003 · 145 citations

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Single mask, large force, and large displacement electrostatic linear inchworm motors

Richard Yeh, S. Hollar, Kristofer S. J. Pister · Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems · 2002 · 142 citations

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Localized electrochemical micromachining with gap control

Li Yong, Zheng Yunfei, Guang Yang et al. · Sensors and Actuators A Physical · 2003 · 116 citations

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An SOI process for fabrication of solar cells, transistors and electrostatic actuators

Colby Bellew, S. Hollar, Kristofer S. J. Pister · 2004 · 71 citations

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Improving EDM performance by adapting gap servo-voltage to machining state

Ming Zhou, Xin Mu, Liang He et al. · Journal of Manufacturing Processes · 2018 · 54 citations

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Authors

63

  1. KS
    Kristofer S. J. Pister

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 417 citations

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  2. SH
    S. Hollar

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 252 citations

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  3. RY
    Richard Yeh

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 165 citations

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  4. DE
    David Elata

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  5. BR
    Ben Rivlin

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    2 publications · 48 citations

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Institutions

25

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    94 citations

  3. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

    Haifa, Israel

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    138 citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    211 citations

  5. Tokyo University of Science

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    156 citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  8. Laboratory for Integrated Micro-Mechatronic Systems

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

    3 publications · 308 citations

    3

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  2. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

    JMM · 2 publications · 103 citations

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  3. Smart Materials and Structures

    SMS · 1 publications · 22 citations

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