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Overview

Isao Shimoyama is affiliated with Toyama Prefectural University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Bioengineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas with a focus on analytical chemistry and sensors, advanced MEMS and NEMS technologies, mechanical and optical resonators, and materials for advanced sensors and energy harvesting. Additional topics of interest include muscle activation and electromyography studies, force microscopy techniques and applications, and spectroscopy techniques in biomedical and chemical research.

Shimoyama has coauthored multiple publications with several frequent collaborators. The most notable coauthors include:

  • Hidetoshi Takahashi
  • Kentaro Noda
  • Tomoyuki Takahata
  • Takuya Tsukagoshi
  • Akihito Nakai

The scientist has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed journals, with recurrent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
  • The Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
  • Sensors
  • Sensors and Actuators A Physical
  • IEEE Sensors Journal

Recent papers coauthored include:

  • MEMS-Based Pulse Wave Sensor Utilizing a Piezoresistive Cantilever, 2020, Sensors
  • A tactile sensor for simultaneous measurements of 6-axis force/torque and the coefficient of static friction, 2020, Sensors and Actuators A Physical
  • New device with force sensors for laparoscopic liver resection - investigation of grip force and histological damage, 2020, Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies
  • MEMS 6-axis force sensor chip for spike pins in athletic sports shoes, 2023, Sensors and Actuators A Physical
  • An angular accelerometer with high sensitivity and low crosstalk utilizing a piezoresistive cantilever and spiral liquid channels, 2020, IEEE Sensors Journal

Best Publications

  • Dynamic Walk of a Biped

    Hirofumi Miura;Isao Shimoyama

  • Enantiomeric switching of chiral metamaterial for terahertz polarization modulation employing vertically deformable MEMS spirals

    Tetsuo Kan;Akihiro Isozaki;Natsuki Kanda;Natsuki Nemoto

  • Home-Assistant Robot for an Aging Society

    K. Yamazaki;R. Ueda;S. Nozawa;M. Kojima

  • A shear stress sensor for tactile sensing with the piezoresistive cantilever standing in elastic material

    Kentaro Noda;Kazunori Hoshino;Kiyoshi Matsumoto;Isao Shimoyama

  • Locomotion control of a bio-robotic system via electric stimulation

    R. Holzer;I. Shimoyama

  • Differential pressure sensor using a piezoresistive cantilever

    Hidetoshi Takahashi;Nguyen Minh Dung;Kiyoshi Matsumoto;Isao Shimoyama

  • An air flow sensor modeled on wind receptor hairs of insects

    Y. Ozaki;T. Ohyama;T. Yasuda;I. Shimoyama

  • Insect-model based microrobot with elastic hinges

    K. Suzuki;I. Shimoyama;H. Miura

  • Dynamics of self-assembling systems: Analogy with chemical kinetics

    Kazuo Hosokawa;Isao Shimoyama;Hirofumi Miura

  • Synthesis of the pheromone-oriented behaviour of silkworm moths by a mobile robot with moth antennae as pheromone sensors

    Yoshihiko Kuwana;Sumito Nagasawa;Isao Shimoyama;Ryohei Kanzaki

  • Two-dimensional micro-self-assembly using the surface tension of water

    K. Hosokawa;I. Shimoyama;H. Miura

  • Force sensing submicrometer thick cantilevers with ultra-thin piezoresistors by rapid thermal diffusion

    M Gel;I Shimoyama

  • Polymer thin film deposited on liquid for varifocal encapsulated liquid lenses

    Nguyen Binh-Khiem;Kiyoshi Matsumoto;Isao Shimoyama

  • Dynamics in the dynamic walk of a quadruped robot

    Hiroshi Kimura;Isao Shimoyama;Hirofumi Miura

  • Three-dimensional micro-self-assembly using hydrophobic interaction controlled by self-assembled monolayers

    H. Onoe;K. Matsumoto;I. Shimoyama

  • A triaxial tactile sensor without crosstalk using pairs of piezoresistive beams with sidewall doping

    Hidetoshi Takahashi;Akihito Nakai;Nguyen Thanh-Vinh;Kiyoshi Matsumoto

  • Multistep sequential batch assembly of three-dimensional ferromagnetic microstructures with elastic hinges

    E. Iwase;I. Shimoyama

  • Steering control of a mobile robot using insect antennae

    Y. Kuwana;I. Shimoyama;H. Miura

  • A three-dimensional shape memory alloy microelectrode with clipping structure for insect neural recording

    S. Takeuchi;I. Shimoyama

  • High-sensitivity triaxial tactile sensor with elastic microstructures pressing on piezoresistive cantilevers

    Nguyen Thanh-Vinh;Nguyen Binh-Khiem;Hidetoshi Takahashi;Kiyoshi Matsumoto

  • A skeletal framework artificial hand actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles

    Y.K. Lee;I. Shimoyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Shoji Takeuchi
Shoji Takeuchi University of Tokyo
Ryutaro Maeda
Ryutaro Maeda National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Toshihiro Itoh
Toshihiro Itoh University of Tokyo
Shigeo Maruyama
Shigeo Maruyama University of Tokyo
Takeyoshi Dohi
Takeyoshi Dohi Tokyo Denki University
Jun Miura
Jun Miura Toyohashi University of Technology
Masanori Hangyo
Masanori Hangyo Osaka University
Tsutomu Miyasaka
Tsutomu Miyasaka Toin University of Yokohama
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
Tarun M. Kapoor
Tarun M. Kapoor Rockefeller University

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