Research

Research Areas - Fabrication, Testing & Analysis

 

Our research interest lies across a multidisciplinary field, where solid mechanics, materials and biology meet. Research and development efforts are geared towards specific problems regarding molecular diagnostics, nano-bio interfaces/hybrid molecular devices and scale-dependence of mechanical properties. Current focus is placed on batch-compatible fabrication of Si nanowires and development of integration philosophies of these nanowires with micro electromechanical systems, development and fabrication of resonant microcantilever-based biosensor systems, and mechanical property measurements of nanowires.

   

Current Projects Nanowire resonators Scale-dependence of mechanical properties Biosensor systems based on nanomechanical resonators Reliability Testing of Electronic Materials

   

Past Projects Nanotweezers Nanowire Fabrication By Guided Self-Assembly Thin Film Fracture Prediction of Residual Stresses in Machining