Obiettivo This project aims at developing and disseminating a new class of ultrasensitive and vectorial force field sensors to build thenext generation of scanning probes with improved sensitivity and vectorial readout capacity. The vibrations of a singlyclamped silicon carbide nanowire (NW) are readout by optical techniques. Its vibrating extremity oscillates in bothtransverse directions with quasi-degenerated frequencies due to its quasi-cylindrical geometry. When approaching the NWabove a sample surface it experiences an additional force field due to the sample-NW interaction which modifies itsmechanical properties. The force field can be fully derived by monitoring frequency shifts and eigenmode rotations.The measurement principle was demonstrated during the HQNOM ERC project by monitoring the perturbation of the NWBrownian motion, its random thermal noise in 2D induced by a voltage biased electrostatic tip. An impressive sensitivity toforce field gradients varying by less than 1e-18N over the nanometer sized Brownian motion was demonstrated, as well asa fully vectorial readout capacity which is unaccessible to existing 1D force probes.This vectorial sensitivity, combined with the one-millon-fold improvement in force sensitivity over commercial atomic forcemicroscopes is the starting point of the POC project. The objective is to ensure a wide dissemination of this extraordinaryvectorial force field sensors and to progress towards an industrial outreach of the apparatus.To do so, a demonstration prototype will be developed and will serve as a workhorse for the second step, the disseminationphase of the apparatus towards a broader scientific and industrial community. Campo scientifico natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographycartographynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Programma(i) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Argomento(i) ERC-2017-PoC - ERC-Proof of Concept Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2017-PoC Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-POC - Proof of Concept Grant Istituzione ospitante CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Contribution nette de l'UE € 150 000,00 Indirizzo RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris Francia Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 150 000,00 Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo netto dell'UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Francia Contribution nette de l'UE € 150 000,00 Indirizzo RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 150 000,00