Main description:

All symposiums were held from November 28-30, 2011 at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Symposium TT, 'Microelectromechanical Systems - Materials and Devices V' explored the fabrication, integration, characterisation and application of small-scale electromechanical, thermal, magnetic, fluidic and optical sensors and actuators. The scope of this multidisciplinary symposium emphasised efforts ranging from fundamental research to implementation in industry. Symposium II, 'BioMicroElectroMechanical Systems - Materials and Devices' explored the design, fabrication and applications of micro and nanoscale technologies for biomedical applications. Symposium HH covered 'Bioelectronics - Materials, Properties, and Applications'. The seven sub-sections span a wide range of topics, including fundamental charge transport at the single-molecule level, new sensors and sensor materials, cellular bioelectronics and energy harvesting biomaterials and devices.

Contents:

Part I. MEMS - Materials and Devices: 1. Low profile packaging for MEMS aero-acoustic sensors; 2. A detailed study of a novel wafer separation method for surface sensitive MEMS wafers; 3. Acoustic energy: a new tool for MEMS manufacturing; 4. In-situ observation and mechanical criterion on interface cracking in nano-components; 5. Photo-thermal spectroscopic imaging of MEMS structures with sub-micron spatial resolution; 6. Ti-TiOx-Pt metal-oxide-metal diodes fabricated via a simple oxidation technique; 7. Harmonic excitation of surface acoustic waves on gallium nitride thin films for biological and chemical sensor applications; 8. Method for achieving CMOS MEMS accelerometers with excellent built-in thermal stability and reduced charge damage; 9. Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of epoxy-based chemically-amplified resist for MEMS application; Part II. BioMEMS - Materials and Devices: 10. A microfluidic assay for measuring electrical conductivity of gap junction channels; 11. Development of electrochemiluminescence and surface plasmon resonance-based immunosensors with surface accumulable molecules; 12. Enzymatic biofuel cell with self-regulating enzyme-nanotube ensemble films; 13. Mechanically stable free-standing bilayer lipid membranes in microfabricated silicon chips; 14. Functional design of porous drug delivery systems based on laser assisted manufactured nitinol; 15. Nanostructured selenium for preventing biofilm formation on medical devices; 16. Computer-assisted designing and biofabrication of 3-D hydrogel structures towards thick 3-D tissue engineering; 17. Fabrication of complex hydrogel materials by utilizing microfluidics and micromolding; 18. Implementation of bioMEMS for determining mechanical properties of biological cells; 19. Towards next-generation proteomic assays: functional materials as sieving matrices and binding scaffolds; 20. Nanoporous gold: a biomaterial for microfabricated drug-delivery platforms; 21. Smart surfaces: use of electrokinetics for selective modulation of biomolecular affinities; 22. Anisotropic cellular alignment on nano-wrinkled polymeric surface; 23. Rapid and sensitive detection of cardiac markers in human serum using a surface acoustic wave immunosensor; Part III. Bioelectronics - Materials, Properties, and Applications: 24. Cholesterol biosensor based on nanodiamond-polypyrrole conducting nanocomposite membrane; 25. Electrical detection of protein biomarkers using nanoneedle biosensors; 26. Electrical conduction along porphyrin wires using the self-consistent extended-Huckel and non-equilibrium Green's function methods; 27. Density functional theory (DFT) computations of biological molecules for organic semiconductors; 28. Optical trapping, biosensing, and spectroscopy in a single plasmonic platform; 29. Application of wide band gap semiconductors to increase photocurrent in a protein-based photovoltaic device; 30. Free-floating reaction centers (RCs) versus attached monolayer of RCs in bio-photoelectrochemical cells.