Agent-based modeling of mems fluidic self-assembly

Author

Mastrangeli, Massimo ; Van Hoof, Chris ; Baskaran, Rajashree ; Celis, Jean-Pierre ; Böhringer, Karl F.

Author_Institution

IMEC, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2010

fDate

24-28 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

476

Lastpage

479

Abstract

The dynamics of MEMS 3D fluidic self-assembly (FSA) was modeled using interactive software agents, i.e. by agent-based modeling (ABM). ABM enables realistic simulations of 3D FSA dynamics taking into account spatial parameters - hard to include in analytic models. Our ABM model was tested by reproducing the experimental data of Zheng and Jacobs´s 3D FSA process, and it was used to investigate the influence of design parameters and assembly strategies on FSA yield. The ABM model is a significant advance in the modeling of FSA and may represent the natural framework to explore open issues in this promising field.

Keywords

electronic engineering computing; microfluidics; multi-agent systems; self-assembly; 3D FSA dynamics; ABM model; MEMS 3D fluidic self-assembly; MEMS fluidic self-assembly; agent based modeling; agent-based modeling; interactive software agents; realistic simulation; spatial parameters; Assembly; Fluid dynamics; Jacobian matrices; Micromechanical devices; Microscopy; Packaging; Physics; Self-assembly; Software agents; Stochastic processes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2010 IEEE 23rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wanchai, Hong Kong

ISSN

1084-6999

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5761-8

Electronic_ISBN

1084-6999

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2010.5442463

Filename

5442463