Scientists from TU Delft’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience
have demonstrated that they can detect extremely small changes in position and
forces on very small drums of graphene. Graphene drums have great potential to
be used as sensors in devices such as mobile phones. Using their unique
mechanical properties, these drums could also act as memory chips in a quantum
computer. The researchers present their findings in an article in the August
24th edition of Nature Nanotechnology. The research was funded by the FOM
Foundation, the EU Marie-Curie program, and NWO.