Scientific Work
Reviewed Journal Publications
- S. Schmid, C. Hierold and A. Boisen, "Modeling the Kelvin polarization force actuation of micro- and nanomechanical systems", Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 054510 (6pp) 2010. [URL]
- S. Schmid, S. Kühne and C. Hierold, "Influence of air humidity on polymeric microresonators", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 19, pp. 065018 (9pp), 2009. [URL]
- S. Schmid and C. Hierold, "Damping mechanisms of single-clamped and prestressed double-clamped resonant polymer microbeams", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 104, p. 093516, 2008. [URL]
- S. Schmid, P. Senn and C. Hierold, "Electrostatically actuated nonconductive polymer microresonators in gaseous and aqueous environment", Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 145-146, pp. 442-448, 2008. [URL]
- S. Schmid, M. Wendlandt, D. Junker, and C. Hierold, "Nonconductive Polymer Microresonators Actuated by the Kelvin Polarization Force", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, pp. 163506, 2006. [URL]
- R. Marie, S. Schmid, A. Johansson, L. Ejsing, M. Nordström, D. Häfliger, C. B. V. Christensen, A. Boisen and M. Dufva, "Immobilisation of DNA to polymerised SU-8 photoresist", Biosensors & Bioelectronics, vol. 21, pp. 1327–1332, 2006. [URL]
Refereed Non-Journal Publications
- M. Suter, S. Graf, O. Ergeneman, S. Schmid, A.Camenzind, B. J. Nelson and C.Hierold, "Superparamagnetic Photosensitive Polymer Nanocomposite for Microactuators", Transducers 2009: The 15th international conference on solid-state sensors, actuators and microsystems, Denver, CO, USA, June 21-25, 2009, pp. 869-872.
- S. Schmid, P. Wägli and C. Hierold, "Biosensor based on All-Polymer Resonant Microbeams", in the Technical Digest of the MEMS 2009: the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, pp. 300-303, 2009. [URL]
- S. Schmid, P. Wägli and C. Hierold, "ALL-POLYMER MICROSTRING RESONANT HUMIDITY SENSOR WITH ENHANCED SENSITIVITY DUE TO CHANGE OF INTRINSIC STRESS", in Proceedings of the EUROSENSORS XXII Conference, September 2008, Dresden, Germany, pp. 697-700, 2008. [PDF]
- S. Schmid, A. Leimbacher and C. Hierold, "Integrated Dynamic Mechanical Testing of Polymer Micro Structures", in Proceedings of the euspen International Conference, May 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, vol. 2, pp. 473-477, 2008.
- S. Schmid, P. Senn and C. Hierold, "Electrostatically actuated nonconductive polymer microresonators with amplified quality factor in gaseous and aqueous environment", in Proceedings of the TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS 07: The 14th international conference on solid-state sensors, actuators and microsystems, June 10-14, Lyon, France, 2007 vol. 1, pp. 443-446. [URL]
- S. Schmid and C. Hierold, "Two Sacrificial Layer Techniques for the Fabrication of Freestanding Polymer Micro Structures", in Proceedings of the 17th Workshop on Micromachining, Micromechanics and Microsystems (MME06), September 3-5, Southampton, UK, 2006. [PDF]
Theses
- Doctoral Thesis 2009 performed at the Micro and Nanosystems Group at ETH Zurich:
Silvan Schmid, "Electrostatically Actuated All-Polymer Microbeam Resonators - Characterization and Application", Scientific Reports on Micro and Nanosystems Vol. 6, Der Andere Verlag, 2009, Diss. ETH No. 18374, ISBN: 978-3-89959-921-3. [buy] [URL]
- Diploma Thesis 2003 performed at the Institute of Micro and Nanotechnology Technical University of Denmark :
"Immobilization of DNA and protein to polymerized SU-8 photoresist investigated with microarray assays" [PDF]
- Semester Thesis WS01/02 performed at the Nanotechnology Group ETH Zurich:
"Dielectrophoretic Tweezers" [PDF]
- Semester Thesis SS01 performed at the ZPE (Zentrum für Produkte-Entwicklung) ETH Zurich:
"Realisierung interaktiver Formeln innerhalb des e-learning Umfeldes thekey" [PDF]
Awards
- ETH Medal 2009 for an outstanding doctoral thesis "Electrostatically Actuated All-Polymer Microbeam Resonators - Characterization and Application"
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