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  1. Design of bending multi-layer electroactive polymer actuators

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, March 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  2. An active micro-electrode array with spike detection and asynchronous readout

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  3. Mechanics of Compliant Multifunctional Robotic Structures

    Article • July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  4. System-on-chip considerations for CMOS fluidic and biointerface applications

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  5. High-throughput particle separation and concentration using spiral inertial filtration

    Article • Biomicrofluidics, March 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  6. Characterization of Conjugated Polymer Actuation under Cerebral Physiological Conditions

    Article • Advanced Healthcare Materials, February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  7. Packaging commercial CMOS chips for lab on a chip integration

    Article • Lab on a Chip, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  8. Multiplex Quantitative Measurement of mRNAs From Fixed Tissue Microarray Sections

    Article • Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology, January 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Elisabeth Smela, Dr Stephen M Hewitt

  9. New compliant strain gauges for self-sensing dynamic deformation of flapping wings on miniature air vehicles

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, July 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  10. Stable electroosmotically driven actuators

    Article • April 2013, SPIE

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  11. Mechanics of Multifunctional Skin Structures

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  12. Polymer filters for ultraviolet-excited integrated fluorescence sensing

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, August 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  13. Design of compliant meanders for applications in MEMS, actuators, and flexible electronics

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, June 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  14. A novel surface modification technique for forming porous polymer monoliths in poly(dimethylsiloxane)

    Article • Biomicrofluidics, March 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  15. Edge Effects Determine the Direction of Bilayer Bending

    Article • Nano Letters, June 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  16. Quantifying mRNA levels across tissue sections with 2D-RT-qPCR

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  17. Elastomers filled with exfoliated graphite as compliant electrodes

    Article • Carbon, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  18. Abstract 2999: Assessment of microRNA expression in two-dimensional histopathological fields of breast cancer

    Article • Cancer Research, April 2010, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  19. Post-CMOS packaging methods for integrated biosensors

    Article • October 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  20. Electroosmotically driven microfluidic actuators

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  21. Biomedical Applications of Electroactive Polymer Actuators

    Article • April 2009, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  22. Patterning PDMS using a combination of wet and dry etching

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, March 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  23. Chronoamperometric Study of Conformational Relaxation in PPy(DBS)

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Toribio F. Otero, Professor Elisabeth Smela

  24. Color and Volume Change in PPy(DBS)

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  25. Development of a Model for Charge Transport in Conjugated Polymers

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  26. Experimental Studies of Ion Transport in PPy(DBS)

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  27. Conjugated Polymer Actuators

    Article • MRS Bulletin, March 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  28. In situ electrochemical control of electroactive polymer films on a CMOS chip

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  29. Parasitic trap cancellation using multiple frequency dielectrophoresis, demonstrated by loading cells into cages

    Article • Lab on a Chip, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  30. The design of dielectrophoretic flow-through sorters using a figure of merit

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, November 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  31. Stretchable Electrodes with High Conductivity and Photo-Patternability

    Article • Advanced Materials, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  32. Multiple frequency dielectrophoresis

    Article • Electrophoresis, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  33. Improving PPy Adhesion by Surface Roughening

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  34. Compliant electrodes based on platinum salt reduction in a urethane matrix

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, March 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  35. Optical filtering technologies for integrated fluorescence sensors

    Article • Lab on a Chip, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  36. Benchtop Polymer MEMS

    Article • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, October 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  37. Integrated Fluorescence Sensing for Lab-on-a-chip Devices

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  38. Cell Clinics Technology Platform for Cell-Based Sensing

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  39. BioLabs-On-A-Chip: Monitoring Cells using CMOS Biosensors

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  40. BioLabs-On-A-Chip: Monitoring Cells using CMOS Biosensors

    Article • July 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  41. Characterization and modeling of PPy bilayer microactuators

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, June 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  42. Bending Actuators with Maximum Curvature and Force and Zero Interfacial Stress

    Article • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, May 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  43. Modeling the performance of a long-period Bragg grating ambient-index sensor

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, May 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  44. Effects of monomer and electrolyte concentrations on actuation of PPy(DBS) bilayers

    Article • Synthetic Metals, October 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  45. Polyaniline actuators

    Article • Synthetic Metals, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  46. Polyaniline actuators

    Article • Synthetic Metals, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  47. Polaron-induced conformation change in single polypyrrole chain: An intrinsic actuation mechanism

    Article • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  48. Visualizing Ion Currents in Conjugated Polymers

    Article • Advanced Materials, September 2004, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  49. Development of Solid-in-Hollow Electrochemical Linear Actuators Using Highly Conductive Polyaniline

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, May 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  50. Conjugated Polymer Actuators for Biomedical Applications

    Article • Advanced Materials, March 2003, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  51. Direct Strain Measurement of Polypyrrole Actuators Controlled by the Polymer/Gold Interface

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, February 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  52. Volume Change in Polypyrrole Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, October 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  53. The effects of varying deposition current density on bending behaviour in PPy(DBS)-actuated bending beams

    Article • Sensors and Actuators A Physical, April 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  54. Characteristics of polythiophene surface light emitting diodes

    Article • Synthetic Metals, June 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  55. A Microfabricated Movable Electrochromic “Pixel” Based on Polypyrrole

    Article • Advanced Materials, November 1999, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  56. A Microfabricated Movable Electrochromic “Pixel” Based on Polypyrrole

    Article • Advanced Materials, November 1999, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  57. Surprising Volume Change in PPy(DBS): An Atomic Force Microscopy Study

    Article • Advanced Materials, August 1999, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  58. Surprising Volume Change in PPy(DBS): An Atomic Force Microscopy Study

    Article • Advanced Materials, August 1999, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  59. On-chip microelectrodes for electrochemistry with moveable PPy bilayer actuators as working electrodes

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, July 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  60. Polypyrrole micro actuators

    Article • Synthetic Metals, June 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  61. Microfabrication of PPy microactuators and other conjugated polymer devices

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, January 1999, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  62. Electrochemically driven polypyrrole bilayers for moving and positioning bulk micromachined silicon plates

    Article • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, January 1999, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  63. The effect of pH on polymerization and volume change in PPy(DBS)

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, September 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  64. Thioethylpyrrole Monolayers on Gold. A Spectroscopic Study in Ultrahigh Vacuum

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, August 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  65. Sensitivity of Polythiophene Planar Light-Emitting Diodes to Oxygen

    Article • Advanced Materials, July 1998, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  66. Thiol-Modified Pyrrole Monomers:  4. Electrochemical Deposition of Polypyrrole over 1-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole

    Article • Langmuir, May 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  67. Thiol-Modified Pyrrole Monomers:  3. Electrochemistry of 1-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole and 3-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole Monolayers in Propylene Carbonate

    Article • Langmuir, May 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  68. Thiol-Modified Pyrrole Monomers:  1. Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization of 1-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole and 3-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole

    Article • Langmuir, May 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  69. Thiol-Modified Pyrrole Monomers:  2. As-Deposited Monolayers of 1-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole and 3-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole

    Article • Langmuir, May 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  70. Planar microfabricated polymer light-emitting diodes

    Article • Semiconductor Science and Technology, April 1998, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  71. A General-Purpose Conjugated-Polymer Device Array for Imaging

    Article • Advanced Materials, February 1998, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  72. New Devices Made from Combining Silicon Microfabrication and Conducting Polymers

    Article • January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  73. Controlled Folding of Micrometer-Size Structures

    Article • Science, June 1995, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  74. Effect of substrate preparation on smectic liquid‐crystal alignment. III. The significance of thermal history

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, March 1995, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  75. Effect of substrate preparation on smectic liquid crystal alignment. II. Further results and modeling

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, March 1995, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  76. Alignment Of Smectic Liquid Crystal Molecules By Grated Glass And Silicon Substrates

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  77. Conducting polymers as artificial muscles: challenges and possibilities

    Article • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, December 1993, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  78. Electrochemical muscles: Micromachining fingers and corkscrews

    Article • Advanced Materials, September 1993, Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  79. Gas-sensing characteristics of ZnO-NiO junction structures with intervening ultrathin SiO2 layer

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, June 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  80. Effect of substrate preparation on smectic liquid crystal alignment: A structural study

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, April 1993, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  81. X-ray study of substrate-induced alignment of a smectic A liquid crystal

    Article • Liquid Crystals, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  82. X-Ray Study of Liquid Crystal Alignment: Evidence for an Alternate Mesophase at the Free Surface?

    Article • July 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  83. Processing Induced Strain Relaxation in BaTiO3 Films

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  84. A versatile twisted optical fiber sensor

    Article • Sensors and Actuators, February 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  85. Introduction

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  86. Microfabricated Conjugated Polymer Actuators for Microvalves, Cell Biology, and Microrobotics

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  87. A CMOS Capacitance Sensor for Cell Adhesion Characterization

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  88. System for Deposition and Characterization of Polypyrrole/Gold Bilayer Hinges

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  89. A CMOS Potentiostat for Control of Integrated MEMS Actuators

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  90. Cell-lab on a chip: a CMOS-based microsystem for culturing and monitoring cells

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  91. Fabrication of folding microstructures actuated by polypyrrole/gold bilayer

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  92. Self-opening And Closing Boxes And Other Micromachined Folding Structures

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  93. Differential Adhesion Method For Microstructure Release: An Alternative To The Sacrificial Layer

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  94. Cell clinics for bioelectronic interface with single cells

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela

  95. Integrated MEMS structures and CMOS circuits for bioelectronic interface with single cells

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Elisabeth Smela