MOde-localized mass Sensors with Thermal Actuation and Piezoresistive DEtection (MOSTAPDE) KU Leuven
Weakly coupled resonant sensors have recently generated considerable interest in the sensor community as they were proven to have orders of magnitude higher sensitivity to a change in mass than other sensing principles. They are based on an effect called mode-localization: when two (or more) identical micro-resonators are coupled by a spring and the symmetry of the system is broken by a small change in mass of one resonator, the vibration ...