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Radioisotopes can be employed in microsystems in a variety of ways to exploit the many unique properties of radioactivity:1. The kinetic energy of the emitted radiation can be converted into electrical energy for micropower generation 2. The energetic charged particles emitted can be directly collected and charge-separation based electrostatic actuation of cantilevers can be enabled for autonomous sensors 3. The near constant probability of decay of nuclei could be utilized for realizing frequency standards.
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Duggirala, R., Lal, A., Radhakrishnan, S. (2010). Radioisotope Thin Films for Microsystems. In: Radioisotope Thin-Film Powered Microsystems. MEMS Reference Shelf, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6763-3_2
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