This dissertation presents a distributed-parameters base modeling framework for microcantilever (MC)-based force sensing and control with applications to nanomanipulation and imaging. Due to the widespread applications of MCs in nanoscale force sensing or atomic force microscopy with nano-Newton to pico-Newton force measurement requirements, precise modeling of the involved MCs is essential. Al...

Single-crystalline springs, rings, and spirals have been discovered for the first time in rutile-structured SnO2. The formation process is proposed for minimizing the electrostatic energy due to the polar charges on the (011) surfaces. These structures are not only ideal systems for fundamental understanding of the polarization effect on the morphology at the nanoscale level but also have poten...

The downscaling of CMOS technology gives rise to a myriad of nanoscale effects. At the same time, power density and thus heat generation increases. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility of both analogue and digital temperature sensors in nanoscale CMOS using the Berkeley Predictive Technology Model (BPTM) for 65nm. For the oscillator-based digital sensor presented, a sensitivity ...

in recent years, demand for biological sensors which are capable of fast and accurate detection of minor amounts of pathogens inreal‑time form has been intensified. acoustic wave (aw) devices whose performance is determined by mass sensitivity parametersand quality factor are used in biological sensors as platforms with high quality. yet, current aw devices are facing many challengessuch as the...

There is no doubt that the recent advances in nanotechnology have made it possible to realize a great variety of new sensors with signal transduction mechanisms utilizing physical phenomena at the nanoscale. Some examples are conductivity measurements in nanowires, deflection of cantilevers and spectroscopy of plasmonic nanoparticles. The fact that these techniques are based on the special prop...

Abstract Nanotoxicology remains an important and emerging field since only recent years have seen the improvement of biological models exposure setups toward real-life scenarios. The appropriate analysis nanomaterial fate in these conditions also required methodological developments imaging to become sensitive enough element specific. In last 2–4 years, impressive breakthroughs been achieved us...