Project description
Ultrasensitive NEMS device could sense very weak biomagnetic fields of the brain
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are chip-level devices integrating mechanical elements, sensors, actuators and electronics that can sense or control the physical environment using nanofabrication technology. The EU-funded OXiNEMS project plans to develop NEMS devices made entirely from transition metal oxides, which display a wide range of interesting physical properties, such as magnetoelectricity, electro-optic effects, multiferroicity, ferromagnetism and superconductivity. Researchers plan to realise a proof-of-concept NEMS device based on these materials to measure the very weak magnetic fields generated by brain activity. Importantly, these ultrasensitive detectors will be extremely resistant to applied magnetic fields, overcoming the operational limitations of the superconducting quantum interference devices currently used worldwide for probing the functions of the human brain.
Fields of science
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrynoble gases
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compounds
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynanoelectromechanical systems
- engineering and technologymedical engineeringdiagnostic imagingmagnetic resonance imaging
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
00185 Roma
Italy
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Participants (5)
412 96 Goteborg
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20148 Hamburg
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2316 XX Leiden
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
66013 Chieti
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00144 Roma
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.