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Vijay K. Varadan currently holds the 21st Century Endowed Chair in Nano- and Biotechnologies and Medicine and is Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering) and Neurosurgery (College of Medicine) at the University of Arkansas, USA. He is also the Director of the Institute for Nano-, Micro- and Neuroelectronics, Sensors and Systems and the Director of the High-Density Electronics Center. He has concentrated on the design and development of various electronic, acoustic and structural composites, smart materials, structures and devices, including sensors, transducers, Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS), plus the synthesis and large-scale fabrication of carbon nanotubes, Nano Electromechanical Systems (NEMS), microwave, acoustic and ultrasonic wave absorbers and filters. He has developed neurostimulators, wireless microsensors and systems for the sensing and control of Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, glucose in the blood and Alzhiemer’s disease. He is also currently developing both silicon- and organic-based wireless sensor systems with radio frequency identification (RFID) for human gait analysis and sleep disorders and various neurological disorders. He is an editor of the Journal of Wave–Material Interaction and the Editorin- Chief of the Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, as well as being an Associate Editor of the Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication and Microsystems. In addition, he also serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Computational Methods.
He has published more than 500 journal papers and 11 books. He holds 12 patents pertinent to conducting polymers, smart structures, smart antennas, phase shifters, carbon nanotubes, implantable devices for Parkinson’s patients, MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes.

K. J. Vinoy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received an M.Tech degree in Electronics from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, India and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics from the Pennsylvania State University, USA, in 1993 and 2002, respectively. From 1994 to 1998, he worked at the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India. Following this, he was a research assistant at the Center for the Engineering of Electronic and Acoustic Materials and Devices (CEEAMD) at the Pennsylvania State University from 1999 to 2002. He continued there to carry out postdoctoral research from 2002 to August 2003. His research interests include several aspects of microwave engineering, RF-MEMS and smart material systems. He has published over 50 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings. His other publications include two books, namely Radar Absorbing Materials: From Theory to Design and Characterization, and RF-MEMS and their Applications. He also holds one US patent.

S. Gopalakrishnan received his Master’s Degree in Engineering Mechanics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India and his Ph.D. degree from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, USA. He joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in November 1997 as Assistant Professor and is currently an Associate Professor in the same department. His areas of interest include structural dynamics, wave propagation, computational mechanics, smart structures, MEMS and nanocomposite structures. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the ‘Satish Dhawan Young Scientist Award’ for outstanding contributions in Aerospace Sciences from the Government of Karnataka, India. He serves on the editorial board of three prime international computational mechanics journals and has published 70 papers in international journals and 45 conference papers.

Preface.

About the Authors.

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS.

1. Introduction to Smart Systems.

1.1 Components of a smart system.

1.2 Evolution of smart materials and structures.

1.3 Application areas for smart systems.

1.4 Organization of the book.

References.

2. Processing of Smart Materials.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Semiconductors and their processing.

2.3 Metals and metallization techniques.

2.4 Ceramics.

2.5 Silicon micromachining techniques.

2.6 Polymers and their synthesis.

2.7 UV radiation curing of polymers.

2.8 Deposition techniques for polymer thin films.

2.9 Properties and synthesis of carbon nanotubes.

References.

PART 2: DESIGN PRINCIPLES.

3. Sensors for Smart Systems.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Conductometric sensors.

3.3 Capacitive sensors.

3.4 Piezoelectric sensors.

3.5 Magnetostrictive sensors.

3.6 Piezoresistive sensors.

3.7 Optical sensors.

3.8 Resonant sensors.

3.9 Semiconductor-based sensors.

3.10 Acoustic sensors.

3.11 Polymeric sensors.

3.12 Carbon nanotube sensors.

References.

4. Actuators for Smart Systems.

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Electrostatic transducers.

4.3 Electromagnetic transducers.

4.4 Electrodynamic transducers.

4.5 Piezoelectric transducers.

4.6 Electrostrictive transducers.

4.7 Magnetostrictive transducers.

4.8 Electrothermal actuators.

4.9 Comparison of actuation schemes.

References.

5. Design Examples for Sensors and Actuators.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Piezoelectric sensors.

5.3 MEMS IDT-based accelerometers.

5.4 Fiber-optic gyroscopes.

5.5 Piezoresistive pressure sensors.

5.6 SAW-based wireless strain sensors.

5.7 SAW-based chemical sensors.

5.8 Microfluidic systems.

References.

PART 3: MODELING TECHNIQUES.

6. Introductory Concepts in Modeling.

6.1 Introduction to the theory of elasticity.

6.2 Theory of laminated composites.

6.3 Introduction to wave propagation in structures.

References.

7. Introduction to the Finite Element Method.

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Variational principles.

7.3 Energy functionals and variational operator.

7.4 Weak form of the governing differential equation.

7.5 Some basic energy theorems.

7.6 Finite element method.

7.7 Computational aspects in the finite element method.

7.8 Superconvergent finite element formulation.

7.9 Spectral finite element formulation.

References.

8. Modeling of Smart Sensors and Actuators.

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Finite element modeling of a 3-D composite laminate with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators.

8.3 Superconvergent smart thin-walled box beam element.

8.4 Modeling of magnetostrictive sensors and actuators.

8.5 Modeling of micro electromechanical systems.

8.6 Modeling of carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

References.

9. Active Control Techniques.

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 Mathematical models for control theory.

9.3 Stability of control system.

9.4 Design concepts and methodology.

9.5 Modal order reduction.

9.6 Active control of vibration and waves due to broadband excitation.

References.

PART 4: FABRICATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS.

10. Silicon Fabrication Techniques for MEMS.

10.1 Introduction.

10.2 Fabrication processes for silicon MEMS.

10.3 Deposition techniques for thin films in MEMS.

10.4 Bulk micromachining for silicon-based MEMS.

10.5 Silicon surface micromachining.

10.6 Processing by both bulk and surface micromachining.

10.7 LIGA process.

References.

11. Polymeric MEMS Fabrication Techniques.

11.1 Introduction.

11.2 Microstereolithography.

11.3 Micromolding of polymeric 3-D structures.

11.4 Incorporation of metals and ceramics by polymeric processes.

11.5 Combined silicon and polymer structures.

References.

12. Integration and Packaging of Smart Microsystems.

12.1 Integration of MEMS and microelectronics.

12.2 MEMS packaging.

12.3 Packaging techniques.

12.4 Reliability and key failure mechanisms.

12.5 Issues in packaging of microsystems.

References.

13. Fabrication Examples of Smart Microsystems.

13.1 Introduction.

13.2 PVDF transducers.

13.3 SAW accelerometer.

13.4 Chemical and biosensors.

13.5 Polymeric fabrication of a microfluidic system.

References.

14. Structural Health Monitoring Applications.

14.1 Introduction.

14.2 Structural health monitoring of composite wing-type structures using magnetostrictive sensors/actuators.

14.3 Assesment of damage severity and health monitoring using PZT sensors/actuators.

14.4 Actuation of DCB specimen under Mode-II dynamic loading.

14.5 Wireless MEMS–IDT microsensors for health monitoring of structures and systems.

References.

15. Vibration and Noise-Control Applications.

15.1 Introduction.

15.2 Active vibration control in a thin-walled box beam.

15.3 Active noise control of structure-borne vibration and noise in a helicopter cabin.

References.

Index.