Biomechanical canal sensors inspired by canal neuromasts for ultrasensitive flow sensing

A. G P Kottapalli; M. Asadnia; J. M. Miao; M. S. Triantafyllou

doi:10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051001

Biomechanical canal sensors inspired by canal neuromasts for ultrasensitive flow sensing

A. G P Kottapalli, M. Asadnia, J. M. Miao, M. S. Triantafyllou

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Fishes use their mechanosensory lateral-line system to detect minute disturbances underwater. The lateral-lines consist of superficial and canal neuromast (SN and CN) sensory sub-systems. Unlike SNs which are exposed to external flow directly, the CNs, due to the presence of canals, have a higher immunity to noise and greater signal selectivity. In this paper, we present the design, fabrication and experimental characterization of arrays of zero-powered and ultrasensitive MEMS piezoelectric hair cell sensors encapsulated into biomimetic canals. The experimental characterization of the MEMS canal encapsulated sensors in the presence of steady and unsteady flow conditions validates the biomechanical high-pass filtering function of the canals.

Original language	English
Article number	7051001
Pages (from-to)	500-503
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Volume	2015-February
Issue number	February
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051001
Publication status	Published - 26 Feb 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2015) - Estoril, Portugal , Estoril Duration: 18 Jan 2015 → 22 Jan 2015

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Biomechanical canal sensors inspired by canal neuromasts for ultrasensitive flow sensing. / Kottapalli, A. G P; Asadnia, M.; Miao, J. M. et al.
In: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Vol. 2015-February, No. February, 7051001, 26.02.2015, p. 500-503.

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