nanocantilever
English
editEtymology
editFrom nano- + cantilever.
Noun
editnanocantilever (plural nanocantilevers)
- (physics) A strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram
See also
editReferences
edit- Chemistry World Vol 4 No 3, March 2007
- PhysicsWeb