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In this work, through on-chip tests, we experimentally investigate the behavior of thin polysilicon samples using standard electrostatic actuation\/sensing. The discrepancy between the target and actual responses of each sample has then been exploited to identify: (i) the overall stiffness of the film and, according to standard continuum elasticity, a morphology-based value of its Young\u2019s modulus; (ii) the relevant over-etch induced by the fabrication process. To properly account for the aforementioned stochastic features at the micro-scale, the identification procedure has been based on particle filtering. A simple analytical reduced-order model of the moving structure has been also developed to account for the nonlinearities in the electrical field, up to pull-in. Results are reported for a set of ten film samples of constant slenderness, and the effects of different actuation mechanisms on the identified micromechanical features are thoroughly discussed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16081191","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,7,28]],"date-time":"2016-07-28T10:04:56Z","timestamp":1469700296000},"page":"1191","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Micromechanical Characterization of Polysilicon Films through On-Chip Tests"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1157-2982","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ramin","family":"Mirzazadeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Saeed","family":"Eftekhar Azam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5111-9800","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefano","family":"Mariani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,7,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"063001","DOI":"10.1088\/0960-1317\/26\/6\/063001","article-title":"A review on in situ stiffness adjustment methods in MEMS","volume":"26","author":"Herder","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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