Dr.
Genki Yoshikawa, a Researcher at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA, Director-General: Masakazu Aono), National Institute for Materials Science (President: Sukekatsu Ushioda), in joint work with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), one of two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, and Dr. Heinrich Rohrer, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Physics, succeeded in developing a revolutionary membrane-type surface stress sensor (MSS) with dramatically improved sensitivity in comparison with conventional sensors. As miniaturization, integration, multi-channeling, etc. are possible with the developed sensor, and it can also be mass-produced in the same manner as semiconductor devices, application to a wide range of fields is possible, including medicine, biotechnology, the environment, and security.
