MEMS/NEMS resonators are widely studied in biological detection, physical sensing, and
quantum coupling. This paper reviews the latest research progress of MEMS/NEMS …

Numerous astrophysical and cosmological observations are best explained by the existence
of dark matter, a mass density which interacts only very weakly with visible, baryonic matter …

Back in December 1959, future Nobel laureate Richard Feynman gave a visionary and now
oft-quoted talk entitled “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom.” The occasion was an …

We consider using optomechanical accelerometers as resonant detectors for ultralight dark
matter. As a concrete example, we describe a detector based on a silicon nitride membrane …

Freestanding silicon nitride (Si N) mechanical resonators are of central interest in
applications such as temperature and mass sensing, and for fundamental optomechanical …

We report on the realization of ultrasensitive absolute pressure sensors based on silicon
nitride membrane sandwiches. These sandwiches consist in a pair of highly-pretensioned …

Silicon nitride (Si N) drumhead resonators offer a promising platform for thermal sensing
owing to their high mechanical quality factor and the high temperature sensitivity of their …

Vibrational resonance is a generic phenomenon found in many different bistable systems
whereby a weak low-frequency signal is amplified by use of an additional nonresonant high …

Mass sensing by nanomechanical resonators can be routinely performed for analytes of
mass ranging from kDa to tens of MDa. Measurement of the heavier analytes (up to …

Radiative coupling of objects with outer space, through the atmospheric spectral
transparency window, allows passive cooling below ambient temperature. Such passively …