Advances in Cantilever Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

Cantilever-based sensors first attracted interest in early sensing applications when researchers focused on the fact that microsilicon cantilevers used in atomic force microscopy (AFM) deflect due to changes in relative humidity. Over the years, cantilever sensor research has evolved due to these sensors’ ability to work as label-free sensors capable of detecting numerous target analytes with high sensitivity, but also their ability to be mass produced.

Presently, cantilever-based sensors are used in various areas ranging from environmental (e.g., humidity, gas, or thermal sensing) to novel physical (surface and coating technology, mechanical wear, surface stress measurements, etc.), chemical (e.g., the detection of low molecular weight molecules at low concentrations), and medical (e.g., cancer, tissue engineering) or biological (e.g., cell detection, microbiology, genomics) applications. With the increase in their applications, the size (e.g., from micro to macro sized), shape, structure (e.g., patterns) of cantilevers has grown. Cantilever manufacturing methods have also advanced, while the materials used have diversified from silicon to polymers or paper.

The aim of this Special Issue is to gather original contributions or review papers from researchers that are actively engaged in developing new ideas in any of the innumerable sectors of development of cantilever sensors for various applications:

• Environmental sensing;
• Chemical applications;
• Biomedical engineering;
• Fabrication of nano-, micro- or macro specialized cantilevers;
• Stress measurements.

Dr. George Amarandei
Dr. Larisa Florea
Prof. Dr. Roberto Raiteri
Guest Editors

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• cantilever-based sensors
• environmental sensing
• surface and coating technology
• mechanical wear
• surface stress measurements
• detection of low molecular weight molecules at low concentrations
• cancer
• tissue engineering