Evaluation of contacts for a MEMS thermal switch Export

@article{citeulike:3367542, abstract = {In this paper we present the evaluation of contact materials for a MEMS thermal switch. The contact materials considered were liquid-metal micro-droplets and aligned carbon nanotube arrays. Five switch configurations were tested. The thermal interfacial resistance of the switches was measured. The liquid metal switch had a minimum thermal interfacial resistance of 1.1 mm2 K W[?]1. The minimum thermal interfacial resistance of the best carbon nanotube thermal switch was 20.4 mm2 K W[?]1. The ratio of the switch off to on thermal resistance was measured for each configuration. Based on these measurements, a switch incorporating liquid-metal droplets is found to be superior to switches incorporating aligned carbon nanotubes.}, author = {Cho, J. and Richards, C. and Bahr, D. and Jiao, J. and Richards, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {3367542}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/18/10/105012}, comment = {1. this study shows that liquid-metal contact exhibit much better heat conductance compared with carbon-nanotube bundles. }, doi = {10.1088/0960-1317/18/10/105012}, journal = {Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering}, keywords = {liquid-metal, mems, thermal-contact}, number = {10}, pages = {105012+}, posted-at = {2008-10-02 23:07:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Evaluation of contacts for a MEMS thermal switch}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/18/10/105012}, volume = {18}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3367542 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3367542 N2 - In this paper we present the evaluation of contact materials for a MEMS thermal switch. The contact materials considered were liquid-metal micro-droplets and aligned carbon nanotube arrays. Five switch configurations were tested. The thermal interfacial resistance of the switches was measured. The liquid metal switch had a minimum thermal interfacial resistance of 1.1 mm2 K W[?]1. The minimum thermal interfacial resistance of the best carbon nanotube thermal switch was 20.4 mm2 K W[?]1. The ratio of the switch off to on thermal resistance was measured for each configuration. Based on these measurements, a switch incorporating liquid-metal droplets is found to be superior to switches incorporating aligned carbon nanotubes. IS - 10 JF - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering TI - Evaluation of contacts for a MEMS thermal switch VL - 18 SP - 105012 KW - liquid-metal KW - mems KW - thermal-contact N1 - 1. this study shows that liquid-metal contact exhibit much better heat conductance compared with carbon-nanotube bundles. AU - Cho, J AU - Richards, C AU - Bahr, D AU - Jiao, J AU - Richards, R PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/18/10/105012 ER -