Category: Device

Paper featured in the cover of Nature Nanotechnology

Our recent work Z. Qian, S. Kang, V. Rajaram, C. Cassella, N. E. McGruer, and M. Rinaldi, “Zero-power infrared digitizers based on plasmonically enhanced micromechanical photoswitches” is featured in the cover of Nature Nanotechnology (October 2017 Issue) Cheers!

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Graphene-Aluminum Nitride NEMS Resonator

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Graphene electrode for piezoelectric NEMS resonators

Schematic illustration in layers view of a contour-extensional mode AlN NEMS resonator, where the top electrode is fabricated using a single-atomic-layer graphene sheet.

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CMR SWNT

AlN Nano Plate Resonator with integrated Carbon Nanotube Forest Read the papers for details: M. Rinaldi, C. Zuniga, N. Sinha, M. Taheri, S. M. Khamis, A. T. Johnson, and G. Piazza, “Gravimetric Chemical Sensor Based on the Direct Integration of SWNTs on AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators“, Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium 2008, …

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Sensor Array

AlN Nano Plate Resonant Sensor Array and CMOS Electronic Readout Read the papers for more details: M. Rinaldi, C. Zuniga, B. Duick, and G. Piazza, “Use of a Single Multiplexed CMOS Oscillator As Direct Frequency Read-Out for an Array of Eight AlN Contour-Mode NEMS Resonant Sensors”, Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors Conference 2010, Waikoloa, Hawaii, …

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