Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL
Volume 134, Issue 1, Pages 128-139Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.05.014
Keywords
MEMS; microcantilever; microjets; nanojets; hot-wire; thrust; shadowgraphy
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This paper reports the development of microelectromechanical metrology tools to characterize liquid and gaseous jets generated from microfabricated nozzles with diameters ranging from I to 12 mu m. Microcantilever sensors with either piezoresistive elements or integrated heating elements have been fabricated and applied to measure thrusts, velocities, and heat transfer characteristics of micro/nanojets. Piezoresistive cantilever measurements showed that liquid butane microjets from a 6 mu m diameter nozzle achieved velocities 40-60 m/s for driving pressures 0.6-1.4MPa. Jet velocities estimated from cantilever measurements agreed well with shadowgraphy results within 12.5% without any correction factor. A microcantilever with integrated heating elements measured cooling capacities of liquid butane microjets on the order of 10(-5) W/K. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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