“…It is hence not surprising that it has also been considered for applications in the MEMS field. Some of the recent advances in the use of stainless steel in MEMS include: packaging [2], substrates for biocompatible devices, like pressure sensors [3], substrates in microfluidic devices [4] and substrates for electromechanical transducer materials for sensors and actuators as an alternative to the most common Si substrates, offering high fracture toughness even for a plates less than 50 lm thickness [5]. Even in the fields of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [6,7] and photovoltaics [8], stainless steel has been used as substrate.…”