Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Florence, Italy.
INESC-Microsystems e Nanotecnologies, Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisbon, Portugal.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Dec 27;21(1):115. doi: 10.3390/s21010115.
A microcantilever is a suspended micro-scale beam structure supported at one end which can bend and/or vibrate when subjected to a load. Microcantilevers are one of the most fundamental miniaturized devices used in microelectromechanical systems and are ubiquitous in sensing, imaging, time reference, and biological/ biomedical applications. They are typically built using micro and nanofabrication techniques derived from the microelectronics industry and can involve microelectronics-related materials, polymeric materials, and biological materials. This work presents a comprehensive review of the rich dynamical response of a microcantilever and how it has been used for measuring the mass and rheological properties of Newtonian/non-Newtonian fluids in real time, in ever-decreasing space and time scales, and with unprecedented resolution.
微悬臂梁是一种悬浮的微尺度梁结构，其一端被支撑，当受到负载时会弯曲和/或振动。微悬臂梁是微机电系统中使用的最基本的微型化设备之一，在传感、成像、时间基准以及生物/生物医学应用中无处不在。它们通常使用源自微电子工业的微纳加工技术制造，并且可以涉及与微电子相关的材料、聚合物材料和生物材料。这项工作全面回顾了微悬臂梁的丰富动力学响应，以及它如何用于实时测量牛顿/非牛顿流体的质量和流变特性，在不断缩小的空间和时间尺度上，具有前所未有的分辨率。
