Photo-response compensated piezoresistive cantilever for use in fluorescence microscopy

Uijin Jung*, Kenta Kuwana, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Tetsuo Kan, Yusuke Takei, Kentaro Noda, Eiji Iwase, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Isao Shimoyama

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Abstract

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and the characterization of a photo-response compensated piezoresistive cantilever. The application field of the cantilever is to measure cellular mechanical properties under fluorescence microscopy. Photo-response which is caused by an excitation light of a fluorescence microscope interferes with measurement. We proposed piezoresistive cantilevers consist of a force-sensing cantilever with a reference cantilever to cancel out the photo-response. We measured the photo-response of the fabricated device, by varying wavelength, light intensity and light incidence angle. The experimental results show that the photo-response was decreased by 87%. This verified that present device has effective photo-response compensation by using the reference cantilever.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMEMS 2010 - The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Technical Digest
Pages588-591
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Jun 1
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2010 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 2010 Jan 242010 Jan 28

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
ISSN (Print)1084-6999

Conference

Conference23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period10/1/2410/1/28

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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