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Bow tie shaped coplanar waveguide microwave resonators for single cell detection, flow rate measurements, and nanopore sensing of viruses
(Bilkent University, 2020-09)Measurement sensitivity of different biosensing applications can be enhanced by using the microwave resonators. In the first application, microwave sensors based on bow tie shaped coplanar waveguide (CPW) resonator was ... -
Design, fabrication, and applications of electrostatically buckled nanomechanical systems
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)Buckling is an important resource for memory and sensing applications at the micro- and nano-scale. Although di erent approaches have been developed to access buckling, such as the use of pre-stressed beams or thermal ... -
Design, fabrication, and applications of multi-mode nanoelectromechanical systems
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)Miniaturization of systems allowed wide spread consumer use of microelectronics, integrated circuits and MEMS based sensors. Thanks to the advancement in microfabrication methods, it is possible to build structures with ... -
Development of nanoelectromechanical systems functionalized by vacuum organic thermal evaporation and their gas sensing applications
(Bilkent University, 2017-01)Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are an exquisite sensor technology which is also potentially low-cost since it can be measured electronically and large scale produced using semiconductor fabrication techniques. Since ... -
An experimental approach to nanomechanical buckling and snap-through phenomenon
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Buckling has received little attention as a valuable resource for engineering applications since it is regarded as a type of failure in civil and mechanical engineering. Nevertheless, buckling has a great potential in ... -
Explorations on optomechanical devices for energy sink applications
(Bilkent University, 2023-01)Resonance energy dissipation mechanism has been gaining importance in the interest of sensing applications. As such, the capacity for precise and fast measurement of the transient phase of motion has been desirable. The ... -
Mass and stiffness spectrometry of nanoparticles and bio-molecules by nanoelectromechanical systems
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used frequently in mass measurements in order to identify mass of the molecules. Nanoelectromechanical systems are highly sensitive to adhered species, thus using NEMS devices, it ... -
Multimode microwave sensors for microdroplet and single-cell detection
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)A novel detection mechanism which can reveal both morphological and electrical properties of analytes are needed for Lab-on-a-Chip applications. Herein, a label-free, real-time and non-contact detection paradigm in ... -
Nanomechanical buckling for applications in nonlinear dynamics
(Bilkent University, 2021-07)There has not been enough attention on post buckling behavior at nano scale even though it reveals rich nonlinear and chaotic dynamics and has potential to be used on cutting edge sensing, actuation, computation and ... -
A novel analogy: application of higher-order mode theory in the mechanical domain to the electromagnetic domain
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)It is crucial to engineer novel detection schemes that can extract information pertinent to the morphological properties of the analytes for widespread usage of lab-on-a-chip technology. Within the scope of this thesis, ... -
Particle sensing with narrowband microwave split-ring resonators
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)A new microwave sensor with concentric split-ring resonator (CSRR) topology is designed and integrated with microfluidics. While the resonator is being driven at its resonant frequency, cells passing through the channel ... -
Sensing and characterization of single nanoparticles by vacuum-free nanoelectromechanical systems with an integrated polymeric lens
(Bilkent University, 2021-08)Machines in the nanoscale dimension had the opportunity to become a top-notch choice to detect and characterize nanoparticles thanks to the rapid progress in micro-nano fabrication. Sensors that can detect and identify ... -
Single nanoparticle sensing with nanoelectromechanical resonators operating at nonlinear regime
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Machines working at the nanoscale dimensions o er an important technological opportunity for healthcare and biomedical screening. State-of-the-art nanomachines are usually operated at small displacements, since engineering ... -
Surface integrated membrane nanomechanical and microwave coplanar waveguide based biosensors
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)Nanoelectromechanical Systems, or NEMS, is the further miniaturized extension of novel devices of 40 years ago, Microelectromechanical Systems or MEMS in short. Nano scale devices first appeared at the dawn of 21st century ...
