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Biomimetics of Nano-pillar  

Hur, Shin (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Choi, Hong-Soo (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Lee, Kyu-Hang (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Kim, Wan-Doo (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.44, no.2, 2009 , pp. 98-105 More about this Journal
Abstract
The cochlea of the inner ear has two core components, basilar membrane and hair cells. The basilar membrane disperses incoming sound waves by their frequencies. The hair cells are on the basilar membrane, and they are the sensory receptors generating bioelectric signals. In this paper, a biomimetic technology using ZnO piezoelectric nano-pillar was studied as the part of developing process for artificial cochlea and novel artificial mechanosensory system mimicking human auditory senses. In particular, ZnO piezoelectric nano-pillar was fabricated by both low and high temperature growth methods. ZnO piezoelectric nano-pillars were grown on solid (high temperature growth) and flexible (low temperature growth) substrates. The substrates were patterned prior to ZnO nano-pillar growth so that we can selectively grow ZnO nano-pillar on the substrates. A multi-physical simulation was also conducted to understand the behavior of ZnO nano-pillar. The simulation results show electric potential, von Mises stress, and deformation in the ZnO nano-pillar. Both the experimental and computational works help characterize and optimize ZnO nano-pillar.
Keywords
ZnO nano-pillar; biomimetics; mechanosensory system;
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