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Dr. Christoph Gerber's research focus at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
are next generation cantilevers. Cantilevers can be used not only for
imaging in scanning force microscopy, but also as an important tool to
explore the physics and chemistry of the nanometer world. A thin flexible
beam made of silicon coated with a sensor layer serves as a chemical sensor.
Eight cantilevers aligned in a row form a nanomechanical cantilever sensor
array, which can detect small amounts of analytes via very specific
reactions. The analyte can also be characterized via its diffusion
properties through the coating, e.g. a polymer layer.
www.zurich.ibm.com/st/nanoscience. IBM has maintained its Research
Laboratory (www.zurich.ibm.com) in Switzerland since 1956, located on its
own campus in Rüschlikon near Zurich since 1962. As the European branch of
IBM Research, the mission of the lab - in addition to pursuing research - is
to cultivate close relationships with academic and industrial partners, to
tap research talent in Europe, and especially to keep abreast of technical
fields in which Europe is the global leader.
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