Nanomechanical sensors for biomedical applications

The development of novel sensors is leading the biomedical field towards the use of nanostructured devices, capable of the monitoring of complex biological systems in  innovative ways. Among these devices, nanomechanical sensors (NMS) are increasing in importance, with applications ranging from microbiology to cellular or molecular biology. Such versatility has produced inexpensive and transportable devices that can be used to solve biomedic issues. For instance, the new modality named nanomo-tion sensor allows transducing in measurable signals the nanoscale movements associated with living systems. Such signal is character-istic of the specific biosystem under investi-gation and can be correlated to its metabolic status. In this way we have a new sensitive diagnostic tool that can be applied to many different scientific issues, as  biosensors, for cellular diagnosis, microbiology, oncology and even to study bio and mechanotrans-duction.

Staff: Longo Giovanni, Marco Girasole, Sandor Kasas, Simone Dinarelli.