Characterizing size-dependent effective elastic modulus of silicon nanocantilevers using electrostatic pull-in instability

This letter presents the application of electrostatic pull-in instability to study the size-dependent effective Young’s Modulus ? ( ~170–70?GPa) of [110] silicon nanocantilevers (thickness ~1019–40?nm). The presented approach shows substantial advantages over the previous methods used for characterization of nanoelectromechanical systems...

A mechanistic model for adsorption-induced change in resonance response of submicron cantilevers

Submicron cantilever structures have been demonstrated to be extremely versatile sensors and have potential applications in physics, chemistry and biology. The basic principle in submicron cantilever sensors is the measurement of the resonance frequency shift due to the added mass of the molecules bound to the cantilever surface. This paper...

Structured illumination microscopy using extraordinary transmission through sub-wavelength hole-arrays

Design, Simulation and Fabrication of a Dielectrophoretic Separation Device Using Topographic Channel Structure

Measuring the wavelength-dependent divergence of transmission through sub-wavelength hole-arrays by spectral imaging

We present a study on the far-field patterns of light transmitted through sub-wavelength metallic hole-arrays. Spectral imaging measurements are used here on hole arrays for the first time. It provides both spatial and spectral information of the transmission in far-field. The visibility of the images, measured in two illumination modes: Köhler...

Measuring the near-field of extra-ordinary transmission through a periodic hole-array

The knowledge of the near-field of extra-ordinary transmission through hole-arrays is mostly theoretical; there is less experimental validation of the theory. We study the near-field properties by measuring fluorescent molecules that are immersed in a solution and their Brownian motion. The measurements are performed by filling the space above...

Titre plate and measuring device for chemical and/or biochemical analysis

The invention relates to a titre plate for chemical and/or biochemical analysis based on an illumination measurement comprising a transparent substrate, applied to the substrate there is a metallic layer, which is provided with an array of reaction chambers, wherein the reaction chambers extend from the top side of the metallic layer to, or into...

Continuous Electrodeless Dielectrophoretic Separation in a Circular Channel

Microfluidic device for carrying out a reaction

A device for carrying out a reaction, which device comprises a wafer provided with a group of at least two wells. The wells are thermally separate from each other by means of a groove in a layer of the device, while parts separated by the groove are locally connected by bridges. In this way a device is provided combining great mechanical...

A novel concept for a mid-field microscope

When light passes through a hole smaller than the wavelength of the light, the transmission is very low and the light is diffracted. This however changes if holes are arranged in a periodic array on metal. In that case the light couples to surface plasmons; this results in enhanced transmission, spectral selection and a small angular diffraction...

Method of manufacturing nanochannels and nanochannels thus fabricated

The present invention relates to a method of fabricating at least one nanochannel in a semiconductor material applied on a substrate, comprising t he semiconductor material being subjected to an etching treatment and said substrate to a bonding treatment so as to attach a covering layer to the substrate, in which bonding treatment the...

Optical detection of electrokinetically manipulated single molecules in a nanofluidic chip

We report on the progress of a novel nanofluidic device for detecting and manipulating single molecules in solution. This paper discusses the development of an earlier proposed molecule separation method, where electrokinetic forces separate different molecules based on their masses and charges. Optical imaging using confocal microscopy is...

Optical detection of single molecules in nanofluidic chips

We present the latest progress on a novel technology for detecting and manipulating solution of single molecules in nanofluidic channels. This paper explains the design and fabrication of nanofluidic chip and its interface, molecule manipulation technique being used, and the optical detection method employed. Single molecule detections are...

Toward the development of a Three-Dimensional Mid–Field Microscope

Recently, an extraordinary transmission of light through small holes (<200 nm) in a thin metallic film has been described. This phenomenon has been shown to be the result of the photon-plasmon interaction in thin films where a periodic structure (such as a set of holes) is embedded in the film. One of the extraordinary results is that the beam...

Filter-protected photodiodes for high-throughput enzymatic analysis

Bedrijfszekerheid: Theorie en techniek

Fault tree analysis and synthesis