MEchanics GAthering -MEGA- Seminar: PZE-transduced suspended microchannel resonators for biosensing
Event details
| Date | 25.04.2019 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:30 |
| Speaker | Annalisa De Pastina, NEMS, EPFL |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract Micro- and Nano- mechanical biosensors are mechanical transducers with micro- and nano- sized moving parts, which have demonstrated outstanding sensing capabilities down to single molecules. Even though well-established electrical and optical sensors still dominate the market of biological detection, in the past two decades Micro- and Nano- ElectroMechanical systems (M/NEMS) have been receiving a lot of attention at the research level. The main reason for the development of M/NEMS in life-science applications is the need to address the mechanical nature of many fundamental biological processes. In fact, cell mechanical properties such as stiffness or viscoelasticity, represent a valid diagnostic biomarker for several pathologies like cancer, malaria and sickle cell anemia, among others.
This talk will focus on piezoelectric suspended microchannel resonators (SMRs), which are hollow resonant devices with embedded microfluidic channels and integrated piezoelectric transduction. The device development, from preliminary design considerations until real-time analysis of single cells will be discussed, also providing an insight on SMRs microfabrication and integration in a complex experimental setup.
This talk will focus on piezoelectric suspended microchannel resonators (SMRs), which are hollow resonant devices with embedded microfluidic channels and integrated piezoelectric transduction. The device development, from preliminary design considerations until real-time analysis of single cells will be discussed, also providing an insight on SMRs microfabrication and integration in a complex experimental setup.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- MEGA.Seminar Organizing Committee