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MEMS
Featured Projects
Hermetic Bonding for Optical Feed-Through
To develop reliable and feasible hermetic packaging methods to ensure mechanical durability as well as insulation from electrical leakage for an optical feed-through operating in highly variable temperature environments
MEMS Packaging Optimization
To improve MEMS device performance over temperature and drop-shock through optimization from predictive modeling, and to identify novel materials and/or methods for packaging
MEMS Supercapacitor
To develop a simple, yet versatile MEMS supercapacitor using porous carbon nanotube (CNT) forests as electrodes with low contact resistance
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NEMS
Featured Projects
Tunable TiO2 Nanosword Plasmonic Antenna
This work focuses on integrating the nanoswords with MEMS to create a tunable plasmonic antenna for SERS detection. Efforts have begun to design a two-dimensional SOI-based actuator to mitigate the alignment issues, while in-situ SEM imaging has revealed that the nanoswords are planar. In addition, efforts have begun to use FIB to etch a plasmonic grating onto the gold-coated nanoswords to control the plasmonic resonance.
Direct-write Piezoelectric PVDF Nanogenerator via Near-Field Electrospinning
To address the mechanical energy scavenge limitations with a new architecture: electrospun piezoelectric nanofibers
Thermal Imaging of Single Living Cells
To realize in-vivo temperature measurements via quantum dots (QDs) for the generation of thermal images of single living cells
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Nanomaterials
Featured Projects
Room Temperature Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
To develop a microelectronics-compatible synthesis method for carbon nanotubes with applications including CMOS-integrated sensors
Micro-CVD for Nanostructure Synthesis
To miniaturize the conventional chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system to provide better control on the gas flow, temperature, and species, for the synthesis of unique nanostructures with new properties
Rapid Synthesis of Nanostructures via Induction Heating
To quickly prototype novel and existing vapor-liquid-solid-grown nanomaterials for sensor applications, and open up a new class of nanomaterial synthesis
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BioMEMS
Featured Projects
Hydrodynamic Trapping-and-Releasing of Microparticles in Microfluidic Systems
To develop rapid, resettable hydrodynamic methods for arraying microparticles (e.g. microbeads) in microfluidics
Finger-Powered Microfluidic Devices
To develop 'human-powered' pumping systems that are integrated into microfluidic devices
Biophysical Regulation of Cellular Processes via Micropost Array Gradients
To develop microtopographic substrates with biophysical stimuli to study and control cell motility
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Energy
Featured Projects
Dielectrophoretic Manipulation of Bacteria for Energy and Biological Applications
To employ dielectrophoresis (DEP) to manipule specific bacteria for use in microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
Facile Synthesis of Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications
To employ nanostructures synthesized by inductive heating in renewable energy applications
Biomass Powered Energy Harvester
To miniaturize the conventional chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system to provide better control on the gas flow, temperature, and species, for the synthesis of unique nanostructures with new properties
About Us
The Liwei Lin Lab at UC Berkeley focuses on applying the principles of mechanical engineering to a wide range of applications in growing fields, including MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems), NEMS (Nanoelectromechanical Systems), Nanotechnology, Synthesis of Nanomaterials, BioMEMS (Biological Microelectromechanical Systems), Microfluidics, Plasmonics, and Energy.
News & Awards
- Mar 25, 2013 - Vishnu Jayaprakash wins the "Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award" for his work on Cow Dung-Based Microbial Fuel Cells!
- Jan 23, 2013 - Dr. Nazly Pirmoradi's "Contolled Drug Delivery" presentation & Dr. Ryan Sochol's "MicroSpring Array" presentation are selected as Outstanding Oral Presentation Award Finalists at the IEEE MEMS 2013 Conference in Taipei, Taiwan
- Jan 20, 2013 - Dr. Ryan Sochol gives two oral presentations, Dr. Nazly Pirmoradi gives an oral presentation, and Kosuke Iwai and Vishnu Jayaprakash give poster presentations at the IEEE MEMS Conference in Taipei, Taiwan
- Nov 1, 2012 - Dr. Ryan Sochol and Kosuke Iwai give oral presentations at the MicroTAS 2012 conference in Okinawa, Japan
- Jun 6, 2012 - Dr. Armon Mahajerin gives an oral presentation, and Dr. Ryan Sochol and Dr. Jiyoung Chang give poster presentations at the Hilton Head 2012 Workshop in Hilton Head Isl., SC