The Fabrication and Evaluation of a Capacitive Pressure Sensor Using Ru-Based Thin Film Metallic Glass with Structural Relaxation by Heat Treatment.

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based capacitive pressure sensors are conventionally fabricated from diaphragms made of Si, which has a high elastic modulus that limits the control of internal stress and constrains size reduction and low-pressure measurements. Ru-based thin-film metallic glass (TFMG) exhibits a low elastic modulus, and the internal stress can be controlled by heat treatment, so it may be a suitable diaphragm material for facilitating size reduction of the sensor without performance degradation. In this study, a Ru-based TFMG was used to realize a flattened diaphragm, and structural relaxation was achieved through annealing at 310 °C for 1 h in a vacuum.

The role of Bgl2p in the transition to filamentous cells during biofilm formation by Candida albicans.

The fungal pathogen Candida albicans undergoes a transition from yeast cells to filamentous cells that is related to its pathogenicity. The complex multicellular processes involved in biofilm formation by this fungus also include this transition. In this work, we investigated the morphological role of the Bgl2 protein (Bgl2p) in the transition to filamentous cells during biofilm formation by C.