Publications by Sebastian Gautsch

In-plane fabrication of insulated gold-tip probes for electrochemical and force spectroscopy molecular experiments

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Sebastian Gautsch, Peter Van der Wal, Yexian Wu

A new and versatile fabrication process of insulated gold tip probes for atomic force microscopy (AFM) is presented by Wu et al. (In-plane fabricated insulated gold-tip probe for electrochemical and molecular experiments, in: 2013 IEEE 26th International C ...

Elsevier2014

Piezoresistive Membrane-Type Surface Stress Sensor Arranged In Arrays For Cancer Diagnosis Through Breath Analysis

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Sebastian Gautsch, Peter Vettiger, Frédéric Loizeau, Christoph Gerber

We present the fabrication, characterization and successful medical application of a membrane-type surface stress sensor (MSS), arranged in arrays for molecular detection in gaseous phase. Made out of SOI substrate, a round membrane with a diameter of 5 0 ...

IEEE2013

Double-Side-Coated Nanomechanical Membrane-Type Surface Stress Sensor (MSS) for One-Chip-One-Channel Setup

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Sebastian Gautsch, Peter Vettiger, Frédéric Loizeau

With their capability for real-time and label-free detection of targets ranging from gases to biological molecules, nanomechanical sensors are expected to contribute to various fields, such as medicine, security, and environmental science. For practical ap ...

American Chemical Society2013

Batch fabrication of gold-gold nanogaps by E-beam lithography and electrochemical deposition

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Sebastian Gautsch, Yexian Wu

We report on the successful development of a well-controlled two-step batch nano-fabrication process to achieve nanometer-size gaps at the wafer scale. The technique is based on an optimized electron-beam lithography process, which enables the fabrication ...

Institute of Physics2013

In-Plane Fabricated Insulated Gold-Tip Probe For Electrochemical And Molecular Experiments

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Sebastian Gautsch, Peter Van der Wal, Yexian Wu

In this contribution we present a scanning probe with a gold-tip completely encapsulated with insulator all the way to the apex. The probe fabrication is unique owing to an in-plane arrangement in which the width of the cantilever is defined by deep reacti ...

IEEE2013

Two-dimensional cantilever array with varying spring constants and tip radii for life-science applications

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Sebastian Gautsch, Peter Vettiger, Frédéric Loizeau, André Meister

A fabrication process for realising two-dimensional cantilever arrays for parallel force spectroscopy of biological samples is presented. The parallel optical atomic force microscopy readout system has been developed and presented elsewhere. The arrays are ...

2012

Membrane-Type Surface Stress Sensor with Piezoresistive Readout

Nico de Rooij, Terunobu Akiyama, Sebastian Gautsch, Peter Vettiger, Frédéric Loizeau

We present the fabrication and characterization of a membrane-type surface stress sensor (MSS), arranged in arrays for molecular detection in gaseous phase. Made out of SOI substrate, a round membrane with a diameter of 500 mu m and a thickness of 2.5 mu m ...

Elsevier Science Bv2012

Remote Nanoimaging on Mars - Results of the Atomic Force Microscope Onboard NASA's Phoenix Mission

Nico de Rooij, Sebastian Gautsch

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press2011

AFM measurements of Martian soil particles

Nico de Rooij, Sebastian Gautsch

2009

Complex nanostructures in PMMA made by a single process step using e-beam lithography

Nico de Rooij, Sebastian Gautsch, Michel Studer

We present results on the single step fabrication of autocentered nanopillars with surrounding circular rim. This particular 3-dimensional shape is created by the energy density distribution of incident and backscattered electrons and reflects the dual beh ...

2009