Research Focus

Development of nanofabrication technologies for building molecular-scale devices, the use of MEMS for novel detection schemes, and the application of such devices to biomolecular recognition. See more detail on our current projects.

Selected Publications

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J. Fritz, E.B. Cooper, S. Gaudet, P.K. Sorger, and S.R. Manalis, “Electronic detection of DNA by its intrinsic molecular charge,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99 14142 (2002).

C.A. Savran, A.W. Sparks, J. Sihler, J. Li, W. Wu, D. Berlin, J. Fritz, M.A. Schmidt, and S.R. Manalis, “Fabrication and characterization of a micromechanical sensor for differential detection of nanoscale motions,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 11 703 (2002).

S.R. Manalis, E.B. Cooper, P.F. Indermuhle, P. Kernen, P. Wagner, D.G. Hafeman, S.C. H. Dai, S.C. Minne, C.F. Quate, "Microvolume field-effect pH sensor for the scanning probe microscope," Applied Physics Letters, 76 1072 (2000).

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