OXiNEMS Project

OXiNEMS - Oxide Nanoelectromechanical Systems for Ultrasensitive and Robust Sensing of Biomagnetic Fields -  targets the development of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices fully made of (crystalline) transition metal oxides, a class of compounds that show a wide range of physical properties, with the perspective of introducing new classes of transducers with unprecedented detection/transduction mechanisms and integrating more functionalities into nanomechanical systems. This new technological approach will add multifunctional oxides to the repertoire of the current MEMS/NEMS field. The OXiNEMS team will implement ultrasensitive detectors able to measure very weak magnetic fields targeting those generated by human brain activity, of the order of tens of femtotesla.