News tagged with cantilevers
Catching the lightwave: Nano-mechanical sensors 'wired' by photonics
Apr 26, 2009 |
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As researchers push towards detection of single molecules, single electron spins and the smallest amounts of mass and movement, Yale researchers have demonstrated silicon-based nanocantilevers, smaller than ...
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New research identifies faster detection of viruses
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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A more specific and faster detection of viruses has been identified in new research by Trinity College Dublin's Professor of Physics, Martin Hegner at Trinity College's Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices ...
Researchers advance nano-scale electromechanical sensors
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Clemson physics professor Apparao Rao and his team are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic chemicals or gases in the air. Put them into a small handheld device and the ...
New method for detecting explosives
Mar 13, 2009 |
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A group of researchers in Tennessee and Denmark has discovered a way to sensitively detect explosives based on the physical properties of their vapors. Their technology, which is currently being developed into prototype devices ...
Researchers find a new way to read nanoscale vibrations
Mar 27, 2007 |
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Nanomechanical oscillators -- tiny strips of vibrating silicon only a few hundred atoms thick -- are the subject of extensive study by nanotechnology researchers. They could someday replace bulky quartz crystals ...
Measuring the strength needed to move chromosomes
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s about as long as the width of a human hair and only half that length across. So it’s tiny — measured in millionths of a meter — and extremely tricky to manipulate. But the meiotic spindle plays so irresistibly ...
Side-to-side shaking of nanoresonators throws off impurities
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 13, 2007 |
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Tiny vibrating silicon resonators are of intense interest in nanotechnology circles for their potential ability to detect bacteria, viruses, DNA and other biological molecules.
Side-to-side shaking of nanoresonators throws off impurities
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 07, 2007 |
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Tiny vibrating silicon resonators are of intense interest in nanotechnology circles for their potential ability to detect bacteria, viruses, DNA and other biological molecules.
Physicists Measure Elusive 'Persistent Current' That Flows Forever
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at Yale University have made the first definitive measurements of "persistent current," a small but perpetual electric current that flows naturally through tiny rings of metal wire ...
'Nanocantilevers' yield surprises critical for designing new detectors
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Aug 28, 2006 |
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Researchers at Purdue University have made a discovery about the behavior of tiny structures called nanocantilevers that could be crucial in designing a new class of ultra-small sensors for detecting viruses, ...
Highlight: Mechanical energy dissipation in ultrananocrystalline diamond microresonators
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Researchers in the Nanofabrication and Devices group at the Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc., and Innovative Micro Technology, ...
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