From the Contents: Silicon Carbide High Temperature MEMS Capacitive Strain Sensor -- Characterizing External Resistive, Inductive and Capacitive Loads for Micro-switches -- KEYNOTE: Principles Involved in Interpreting Single-Molecule Force Measurement of Biomolecules -- KEYNOTE: Measurement of the Gold-Gold Bond Rupture Force at 4 K in a Single-atom Chain Using Photon-momentum-based Force Calibration -- A Precision Force Microscope for Biophysics -- DNA Molecular Recognition Using AFM Nanometrology -- Hydrodynamic Force Compensation for Single-molecule Mechanical Testing Using Colloidal Probe Atomic Force Microscopy -- New Insight into Pile-Up in Thin Film Indentation.

MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the sixth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together 23 contributions to this important area of research and engineering.  The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental and Applied Mechanics, including papers on:  Devices & Fabrication Measurement Challenges in Single Molecule/Single Atom Mechanical Testing Nanoindentation Size Effects in Metals Optical Methods Reliability, Residual Stress & Tribology