Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems

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Welcome to the webpage of the section Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems. We study and develop small scale systems that move, for a better comprehension of their physical properties and to apply them for future innovations.To realize these applications, we closely collaborate with industry. Please click on the pictures below to learn more about our group activities and people. 

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News and Highlights

Sabina Caneva: Nature's Rising Star reshaping Nanoscience

Nature has named Sabina Caneva one of the four rising stars reshaping nanoscience.

Wouter Westerveld awarded NWO Grant

Wouter Westerveld has been awarded NWO grant within the Consortia in Photonics. The project, Pic Probe aims to develop next generation optomechanical microphones.

Nature Nanotechnology: Single bacteria motion measured on graphene drums

For the first time, the Alijani lab probe the nano-motion of a single bacteria using graphene drums. Their findings have been published in Nature Nanotechnology!

Richard Norte & Sabina Caneva awarded ERC Starting Grants

Norte & Caneva labs were awarded prestigious ERC Starting Grants! Richard Norte's lab will explore new types of extreme-aspect-ratio nanotechnology, while Sabina Caneva’s research focuses on the development of an ultrasensitive nanoscale protein scanner.

Sabina's work mentioned in Matter publication

Sabina Caneva's work was included in a publication in Matter that discusses the challenges in materials science that are currently being addressed by early-career academics:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238521005658

Spiderweb Sensors Published in Advanced Materials

Inspired by spiderwebs and guided by machine learning, our team at the TU Delft managed to create some of the world's best vibrational sensors at the nanoscale. Our results have been published on the cover of Advanced Materials' Rising Stars Issue.

Poster Prize Engineering Mechanics symposium

Andrea won the 1st poster prize at the 24th Engineering Mechanics symposium out of 110 posters. The poster was about our recent publication on machine learning and nanotechnology to develop a new class of nanomechanical resonators with unprecedented quality factor (https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.04809).

Many congrats Andrea!
Communications Physics highlight

Complex oxide resonators featured on Comms. Physics webpage

Our paper is highlighted on the main page of Nature's "Communications Physics" journal.

https://t.co/okioC0vl4Q?amp=1

Tuning nonlinear damping in graphene nanoresonators by parametric–direct internal resonance published in Nature Comms

New publication by Ata in Nature Comms!
Experimentally is shown in this letter, that nanoresonators driven into parametric-direct internal resonance provide supporting evidence for the microscopic theory of nonlinear dissipation.

Mode Coupling in Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy published in Physical Review Applied

Check out our new article published in Physical Review Applied in which we show how mode coupling and nonlineardynamics can be used to increase the sensitivity of higher harmonics in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). This is part of Abhilash Chandrashekar PhD work that is supported by the NWO (Dutch Research Council).

Limitless Space Institute Grant

The Limitless Space Institute awarded Richard Norte & Miguel Bessa with an I2 Grant to develop new types of nanophotonics for space applications using machine learning algorithms.

TU Delft and ASML map non-visible materials at nanoscale with ultrasound

Our project where we use ultrasound in an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to map the 3D structure of a non-transparent sample in a non-destructive way was recently covered on phys.org!
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-non-visible-materials-nanoscale-ultrasound.html

Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition: Honorable Mention

Richard Norte and his collaborators were awarded an Honorable Mention by the prestigious Gravity Research Foundation for their essay on methods to measure how gravity could act differently in quantum materials like superconductors.

Graphene balloons to identify noble gases

Our project where graphene drums with nanopores suspended on nanochannels are used to study gas flow, which can be used as sensors for the composition of gas mixtures, were recently covered on:
https://phys.org/news/2020-11-graphene-balloons-noble-gases.html
https://devicematerialscommunity.nature.com/posts/graphene-nanopores-for-gas-sensing

Acoustic subsurface-atomic force microscopy: three-dimensional imaging at the nanoscale published in Journal of Applied Physics

New perspective paper published in Journal of Applied Physics! A great collaboration with Hossein Jiryaei, Mohsen Janmaleki, Seonghwan (Sam) Kim, Ph.D., P.Eng., Laurene Tetard, Hamed Sadeghian and Gerard Verbiest.
The perspective paper has even been selected as Cover article for the issue!

Please click on the picture to see our publication.

Hadi Arjmandi joined DMN

Very happy to announce that starting July 1st 2020, Hadi has joined our research group. Hadi will be working on the ERC starting grant ENIGMA and will work closely with Farbod, Ata, Irek , and Ali.

Nanomechanical method for detecting magnetic phase transitions published in Nature Communications

Please click on the picture to see our publication in Nature Communications with Makars Siskins and Martin Lee as first authors. The work was covered on Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-method-probe-phase-transitions-d.html and TU Delft: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2020/tnw/researchers-develop-method-to-probe-phase-transitions-in-2d-materials/ .

Sabina Caneva joins PME department

We are happy to announce that on May 1st 2020 Sabina Caneva joined our section and department as assistant professor. Read more about her research here.

New publication in Physical Review Research

Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of acoustic phonons in suspended graphene
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.012058

New publication in Physical Review B

Phonon scattering at kinks in suspended graphene
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.115411

Scientific American Special Edition

Our work on room temperature optomechanical quantum experiments is featured in a special edition of Scientific American (April 2019 issue).

In the press

Satadal's work on silicon photonics picked number 1 in Laser Focus World’s top 20 photonics technology picks for 2019.

Best presentation award for Abhilash

Abhilash received best presentation award of the workshop "dynamics, vibrations and acoustics" in the 22nd engineering mechanics symposium of the Netherlands

TUs take action for "high tech for a sustainable future"

The 4TU.Federation presented five new educational programmes in The Hague last Tuesday. 22 million euros were allocated for the realisation of the initiative.

Poster prize

Irek won the poster prize at Graphene week 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. His poster was about Gas sensing with porous nanodrums.

Poster prize

Katerina won a poster prize (2nd prize) at the Photonics meets Biology Summer School in Crete, Greece (http://esperia.iesl.forth.gr/~mfarsari/). The poster was on her MSc project on data transfer between coupled resonant drums of 2D materials.

Best lecturer

Farbod has been selected best lecturer of ME

Social

DMN celebrated karting grand prix 2019 to experience big-world dynamics.

In the press

Richard Norte's experiment to detect the Casimir force between superconductors for the first time, reported in Scientific American.

Keynote Lecture

Peter Steeneken's keynote lecture on conference "Dynamics of Micro and Nano Electromechanical Systems: Multi-Field modelling and Analysis": Dynamics of Graphene and 2D Materials.

Funding

ERC Starting Grant awarded to Farbod Alijani: Exploring Nonlinear Dynamics in Graphene Nanomechanical Systems (ENIGMA).

Cover in Nature Chemistry

Contribution to a Nature Chemistry publication by Dejan Davidovikj and Peter Steeneken, selected as cover of the October 2018 issue: Isoreticular two-dimensional magnetic coordination polymers prepared through presynthetic ligand functionalization.

New Members

Richard Norte and Gerard Verbiest have joined DMN as Assistant Professors.

Funding

Leading Fellows postdoc scholarship awarded to Tomás Manzaneque: Cell mass sensing using hollow cantilever arrays with electrical readout.

New Member

Ata Keşkekler has joined DMN as a PhD student.

Santiago Cartamil received his PhD degree on 18-12-2017

Santiago Cartamil received his PhD degree on 18-12-2017. Click to view his thesis.

A Scilight for our recent publication in JAP

Our recent publication in JAP is featured bya science highlight (Scilight) by the editors of the Journal of Applied Physics.

Best poster award for Lili Hauzer

DMN MSc student won the best poster award in the 2017 International MicroNano Conference in Amsterdam.

Dynamics for Precision Engineering Day

Peter Steeneken organises the Dynamics for Precision Engineering day together with the Mikrocentrum

Nature Communications

Our paper is accepted for publication in Nature Communications

Meet Abhilash Chandrashekar, new PhD student in our group

Abhilash Chandrashekar started a new position as a PhD student in our group from September 2017. Abhilash will be working on a project, in collaboration with industrial partners, that aims at developing a multi-parameter identification tool for atomic force microscopy.

New PhD students

Two new PhD students joined our group: Martin Lee and Makars Siskins.