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Tunable 3D Nanoresonators for Gas-Sensing Applications

A tilted scanning electron microscope image of a composite sensing element attached to microscopic electrodes. The apex of the sensor oscillates over 2 micrometers during resonance excitation in preparation for sensing.

Improvements in 3D nanofabrication using electron beam induced deposition lead to the mechanical stiffness that is needed to form a resonator structure, which then can be used as nanoprinted sensor.

G. Arnold, R. Winkler, M. Stermitz, A. Orthacker, J-H. Noh, J. D. Fowlkes, G. Kothleitner, M. Huth, P. D. Rack, and H. Plank, “Tunable 3D Nanoresonators for Gas-Sensing Applications,” Advanced Functional Materials (2018). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201707387