Press Release 2011
Successful Development of Highly Sensitive General-Purpose Sensor
-For Medical, Biological, Security, and Environmental Applications-
A highly sensitive novel sensor, Membrane-type Surface stress Sensor (MSS), has successfully developed. This sensor can be miniaturized and integrated with a multidimensional array and is also suitable for batch fabrication. It is expected as a versatile sensor for medical, biological, security, and environmental applications.
Figure 1(left): Schematic image of the measurement of various analytes ranging from gaseous to biological molecules using an array of micro-cantilevers. The deflection induced by an adsorption of analyte molecules is being detected.
Figure 2 (right): Newly developed Membrane-type Surface stress Sensor (MSS). The surface stress induced by an adsorption of analytes on the center membrane is efficiently detected by the piezoresistors embedded at the four peripheral beams.
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Affiliations
Genki Yoshikawa1, Terunobu Akiyama2, Sebastian Gautsch 2, Peter Vettiger2 , Heinrich Rohrer3
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
- Institute of Microengineering (IMT), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- 1986 Nobel Laureate in Physics