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Pezone, R. (author), Anzinger, Sebastian (author), Baglioni, G. (author), Wasisto, Hutomo Suryo (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author)Since the performance of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS)-based microphones is approaching fundamental physical, design, and material limits, it has become challenging to improve them. Several works have demonstrated graphene’s suitability as a microphone diaphragm. The potential for achieving smaller, more sensitive, and scalable on...journal article 2024
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Liu, Hanqing (author), Baglioni, G. (author), Boix-Constant, Carla (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author)The high susceptibility of ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) material resonators to force and temperature makes them ideal systems for sensing applications and exploring thermomechanical coupling. Although the dynamics of these systems at high stress has been thoroughly investigated, their behavior near the buckling transition has received less...journal article 2024
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Steeneken, P.G. (author)Motion is all around us, the universe is full of moving matter and this motion is surprisingly predictable. The field of science and engineering that studies time-dependent motion in the presence of forces is called Dynamics. In this book we will introduce the core concepts in dynamics and provide a comprehensive toolset to predict and analyse...book 2024
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Pezone, R. (author), Baglioni, G. (author), van Ruiten, C. (author), Anzinger, S. (author), Wasisto, H. S. (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author)As a consequence of their high strength, small thickness, and high flexibility, ultrathin graphene membranes show great potential for pressure and sound sensing applications. This study investigates the performance of multi-layer graphene membranes for microphone applications in the presence of air-loading. Since microphones need a flatband...journal article 2024
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Liu, Hanqing (author), Brahmi, Hatem (author), Boix-Constant, Carla (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author)Heat transport in two dimensions is fundamentally different from that in three dimensions. As a consequence, the thermal properties of 2D materials are of great interest, from both scientific and application points of view. However, few techniques are available for the accurate determination of these properties in ultrathin suspended...journal article 2024
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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)Although strain engineering and soft-clamping techniques for attaining high Q-factors in nanoresonators have received much attention, their impact on nonlinear dynamics is not fully understood. In this study, we show that nonlinearity of high-Q Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanomechanical string resonators can be substantially tuned by support...journal article 2024
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Keşkekler, A. (author), Bos, V. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)Mechanical nonlinearities dominate the motion of nanoresonators already at relatively small oscillation amplitudes. Although single and coupled two-degree-of-freedom models have been used to account for experimentally observed nonlinear effects, it is shown that these models quickly deviate from experimental findings when multiple modes...journal article 2023
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Baglioni, G. (author), Pezone, R. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Cvetanović Zobenica, Katarina (author), Spasenović, Marko (author), Todorović, Dejan (author), Liu, Hanqing (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)Microphones exploit the motion of suspended membranes to detect sound waves. Since the microphone performance can be improved by reducing the thickness and mass of its sensing membrane, graphene-based microphones are expected to outperform state-of-the-art microelectromechanical (MEMS) microphones and allow further miniaturization of the...journal article 2023
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Houmes, M.J.A. (author), Baglioni, G. (author), Siskins, M. (author), Lee, M. (author), Esteras, Dorye L. (author), Mañas Valero, S. (author), Blanter, Y.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author)The temperature dependent order parameter provides important information on the nature of magnetism. Using traditional methods to study this parameter in two-dimensional (2D) magnets remains difficult, however, particularly for insulating antiferromagnetic (AF) compounds. We show that its temperature dependence in AF MPS3 (M(II) = Fe, Co, Ni)...conference paper 2023
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Roslon, I.E. (author), Japaridze, A. (author), Rodenhuis, Stef (author), Hamoen, Lieke (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Dekker, C. (author), Alijani, F. (author)Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics present an increasing burden on healthcare. To address this emerging crisis, novel rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) methods are eagerly needed. Here, we present an optical AST technique that can determine the bacterial viability within 1 h down to a resolution of single bacteria. The...journal article 2023
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Houmes, M.J.A. (author), Baglioni, G. (author), Siskins, M. (author), Lee, M. (author), Esteras, Dorye L. (author), Mañas Valero, S. (author), Blanter, Y.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author)The temperature dependent order parameter provides important information on the nature of magnetism. Using traditional methods to study this parameter in two-dimensional (2D) magnets remains difficult, however, particularly for insulating antiferromagnetic (AF) compounds. Here, we show that its temperature dependence in AF MPS<sub>3</sub> (M...journal article 2023
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Manzaneque Garcia, T. (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)Resonant sensors hold great promise in measuring small masses, to enable future mass spectrometers, and small forces in applications like atomic and magnetic force microscopy. During the last decades, scaling down the size of resonators has led to huge enhancements in sensing resolution, but has also raised the question of what the ultimate...journal article 2023
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Sarafraz, A. (author), Givois, A.P.P. (author), Roslon, I.E. (author), Liu, Hanqing (author), Brahmi, Hatem (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)The resonance frequency of ultra-thin layered nanomaterials changes nonlinearly with the tension induced by the pressure from the surrounding gas. Although the dynamics of pressurized nanomaterial membranes have been extensively explored, recent experimental observations show significant deviations from analytical predictions. Here, we...journal article 2023
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Baglioni, G. (author), Siskins, M. (author), Houmes, M.J.A. (author), Lee, M. (author), Shin, D. (author), Mañas Valero, S. (author), Coronado, Eugenio (author), Blanter, Y.M. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)Magnetostrictive coupling has recently attracted interest as a sensitive method for studying magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) materials by mechanical means. However, its application in high-frequency magnetic actuators and transducers requires rapid modulation of the magnetic order, which is difficult to achieve with external magnets,...journal article 2023
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Liu, Hanqing (author), Lee, M. (author), Siskins, M. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author)Heat transport by acoustic phonons in two-dimensional (2D) materials is fundamentally different from that in 3D crystals because the out-of-plane phonons propagate in a unique way that strongly depends on tension and bending rigidity. Here, using optomechanical techniques, we experimentally demonstrate that the heat transport time in...journal article 2023
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Steeneken, P.G. (author), Kaiser, Elias (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author), ten Veldhuis, Marie-claire (author)To ensure a sustainable future and combat food scarcity, we must boost agricultural productivity, improve climate resilience and optimize resource usage. There is untapped potential for dense wireless sensor networks in agriculture that can increase yields and support resilient production when linked to smart decision and control systems.journal article 2023
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Liu, Hanqing (author), Basuvalingam, Saravana B. (author), Lodha, S.V. (author), Bol, Ageeth A. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author)Atomic layer deposition (ALD), a layer-by-layer controlled method to synthesize ultrathin materials, provides various merits over other techniques such as precise thickness control, large area scalability and excellent conformality. Here we demonstrate the possibility of using ALD growth on top of suspended 2D materials to fabricate...journal article 2023
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Houmes, M.J.A. (author), Mañas Valero, S. (author), Bermejillo-Seco, Alvaro (author), Coronado, Eugenio (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author)Semiconducting van der Waals magnets exhibit a rich physical phenomenology with different collective excitations, as magnons or excitons, that can be coupled, thereby offering new opportunities for optoelectronic, spintronic, and magnonic devices. In contrast with the well-studied van der Waals magnets CrI<sub>3</sub> or Fe<sub>3</sub>GeTe...journal article 2023
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Erdoğan, R.T. (author), Filonenko, G.A. (author), Picken, S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Westerveld, W.J. (author)Ultrasound is widely used in medical imaging, and photo-acoustics is an upcoming imaging modality for the diagnosis of diseases. Future applications require a large matrix of small, sensitive, and broadband ultrasound sensors. However, current high-end systems still use piezo-electric material to detect ultrasound, with limited sensitivity...conference paper 2023
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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)In recent years, the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4 nanomechanical resonators has significantly been increased by soft-clamping techniques using large and complex support structures. To date, however, obtaining similar performance with smaller supports has remained a challenge. Here, we make use of torsion beam supports to tune the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4...journal article 2023