Invasive fungal infections constitute a serious threat to an ever-growing population of
immunocompromised individuals and other individuals at risk. Traditional diagnostic …

Nanoelectromechanical systems NEMS are drawing interest from both technical and
scientific communities. These are electromechanical systems, much like …

Nanoelectromechanical systems are evolving, with new scientific studies and technical
applications emerging. Mechanical devices are shrinking in thickness and width to reduce …

Soon after the discovery of carbon nanotubes, it was realized that the theoretically predicted
mechanical properties of these interesting structures–including high strength, high stiffness …

The advances in micro-and nanofabrication technologies enable the preparation of
increasingly smaller mechanical transducers capable of detecting the forces, motion …

Nanomechanical resonators can now be realized that achieve fundamental resonance
frequencies exceeding 1 GHz, with quality factors (Q) in the range 10 3⩽ Q⩽ 10 5. The …

Since the late 1980s there have been spectacular developments in micromechanical or
microelectro-mechanical (MEMS) systems which have enabled the exploration of …

Recent advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of nano-electro-
mechanical systems (NEMS) such as nanomechanical resonators, which have recently …

Micro-and nanoelectromechanical systems, including cantilevers and other small scale
structures, have been studied for sensor applications. Accurate sensing of gaseous or …

We describe the application of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) to ultrasensitive
mass detection. In these experiments, a modulated flux of atoms was adsorbed upon the …