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Inside Front Cover: Trilayered Ceramic–Metal–Polymer Microcantilevers with Dramatically Enhanced Thermal Sensitivity (Adv. Mater. 9/2006)
Author(s) -
Lin Y.H.,
McConney M. E.,
LeMieux M. C.,
Peleshanko S.,
Jiang C.,
Singamaneni S.,
Tsukruk V. V.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200690037
Subject(s) - materials science , ceramic , nanocomposite , composite material , polymer , thermal , carbon nanotube , metal , layer (electronics) , actuator , nanotechnology , metallurgy , physics , meteorology , electrical engineering , engineering
A novel trilayered (ceramic–metal–polymer) design for highly sensitive, thermally responsive microcantilever arrays is reported on p. 1157 by Tsukruk and co‐workers. In this design, the topmost nanocomposite layer, reinforced with carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles, acts as a strong thermal‐stress‐driven actuator to enhance conventional biomaterial performance. These polymer–metal–ceramic microcantilevers with enhanced (fourfold) thermal sensitivity may serve as a basis for the next generation of uncooled thermal microsensor arrays because of outstanding thermal and spatial resolution.