Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Optomechanical mass spectrometry

  • Marc Sansa,
  • Martial Defoort,
  • Ariel Brenac,
  • Maxime Hermouet,
  • Louise Banniard,
  • Alexandre Fafin,
  • Marc Gely,
  • Christophe Masselon,
  • Ivan Favero,
  • Guillaume Jourdan,
  • Sébastien Hentz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17592-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The use of one dimensional devices in nanomechanical mass spectrometry leads to a trade-off between analysis time and resolution. Here, the authors report single-particle mass spectrometry using integrated optomechanical resonators, impervious to particle position, stiffness or shape.