Nanoelectromechanical systems

KL Ekinci, ML Roukes - Review of scientific instruments, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Nanoelectromechanical systems NEMS are drawing interest from both technical and
scientific communities. These are electromechanical systems, much like …

Nanoelectromechanical systems

HG Craighead - Science, 2000 - science.org
Nanoelectromechanical systems are evolving, with new scientific studies and technical
applications emerging. Mechanical devices are shrinking in thickness and width to reduce …

Zeptogram-scale nanomechanical mass sensing

YT Yang, C Callegari, XL Feng, KL Ekinci… - Nano …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Very high frequency (VHF) nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) provide unprecedented
sensitivity for inertial mass sensing. We demonstrate in situ measurements in real time with …

Ultimate limits to inertial mass sensing based upon nanoelectromechanical systems

KL Ekinci, YT Yang, ML Roukes - Journal of applied physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Cantilever transducers as a platform for chemical and biological sensors

NV Lavrik, MJ Sepaniak, PG Datskos - Review of scientific instruments, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Since the late 1980s there have been spectacular developments in micromechanical or
microelectro-mechanical (MEMS) systems which have enabled the exploration of …

A chemical sensor based on a microfabricated cantilever array with simultaneous resonance-frequency and bending readout

FM Battiston, JP Ramseyer, HP Lang, MK Baller… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2001 - Elsevier
We present a chemical sensor based on a microfabricated array of eight silicon cantilevers
actuated at their resonance-frequency and functionalized by polymer coatings. The …

Cantilever-based biosensors

C Ziegler - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2004 - Springer
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Dual-mode mechanical resonance of individual ZnO nanobelts

XD Bai, PX Gao, ZL Wang, EG Wang - Applied Physics Letters, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The mechanical resonance of a single ZnO nanobelt, induced by an alternative electric field,
was studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy. Due to the rectangular cross …

Effect of cubic nonlinearity on auto-parametrically amplified resonant MEMS mass sensor

W Zhang, R Baskaran, KL Turner - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2002 - Elsevier
Parametric resonance has been well established in many areas of science, including the
stability of ships, the forced motion of a swing and Faraday surface wave patterns on water …

Application of parametric resonance amplification in a single-crystal silicon micro-oscillator based mass sensor

W Zhang, KL Turner - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2005 - Elsevier
A mass sensing concept based on parametric resonance amplification is proposed and
experimentally investigated using a non-interdigitated comb-finger driven micro-oscillator …