Nanomechanics

We are studying mechanical oscillators made from individual carbon nanotubes (see the topic Nanotube synthesis), which have two major advantages:

• their exquisite sensitivity
• the new physics accessible at this scale, in particular non-linear motion regimes.

These fundamental properties have applications in the fields of sensors, optomechanics, etc. For instance, nanomechanical sensors feed into the themes of ‘Confinement’ and ‘Nanofluidics’.

Our activity is based on a state-of-the-art experimental platform for characterising mechanical resonators.

On going or defended Ph.D thesis:

• Clarisse Basset (2021-2025)
• Sébastien Rambal (2024-2027)
• Benjamin Lecarlate-Fernandez (2024-2027)

Funded projects on the topic :

• ANR JCJC, COWAT project (2022-2027)
• Soutien à la recherche UM, projet Nanoflow (2023-2024)
• Labex Numev, PolluSens project (2024)