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Sensing without power

Nature Nanotechnology volume 12, pages 940–941 (2017)Cite this article

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A thermally activated micromechanical switch delivers an electrical readout signal only when irradiated by a narrowband mid-infrared light, thanks to a metamaterial element that converts light into heat.

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Figure 1: Micromechanical relay for selective optical sensing.

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