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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 84, Issue 22, Pages 4469-4471Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1755417
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We describe the application of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) to ultrasensitive mass detection. In these experiments, a modulated flux of atoms was adsorbed upon the surface of a 32.8 MHz NEMS resonator within an ultrahigh-vacuum environment. The mass-induced resonance frequency shifts by these adsorbates were then measured to ascertain a mass sensitivity of 2.53x10(-18) g. In these initial measurements, this sensitivity is limited by the noise in the NEMS displacement transducer; the ultimate limits of the technique are set by fundamental phase noise processes. Our results and analysis indicate that mass sensing of individual molecules will be realizable with optimized NEMS devices. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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