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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 342 - 343 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.159

Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Nanosensors and other devices

Nanomechanical systems: Inside track weighs in with solution

Javier Tamayo1

  1. Javier Tamayo is at the Institute of Microelectronics (IMM-CNM, CSIC), 28760 Madrid, Spain. e-mail: jtamayo@imm.cnm.csic.es

The performance of biosensors that rely on tiny vibrating cantilevers suffers when they are operated in a liquid. The solution is to place the liquid inside the cantilever.

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