Microscopic sensors using optical wireless integrated circuits
Abstract
The smallest objects resolvable by the unaided human eye are approximately 100 μm in size. This limit sets a boundary between the familiar and the microscopic, the visible and invisible worlds. Here we describe the fabrication of tiny wireless sensors, optical wireless integrated circuits (OWICs) for optical wireless integrated circuits. OWICs are truly microscopic in size, visible to the naked eye at best as a tiny, undifferentiated speck, yet they can sense their environment and report the information back to the macroscopic world. They have potential applications in many areas of science and technology, ranging from neuroscience to chemical sensing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 17, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1073/pnas.1919677117
Entities
People
- Aaron Mok
- Alejandro Cortese
- Alyosha C. Molnar
- Chris Xu
- Chunyan Wu
- Conrad L Smart
- Fei Xia
- Michael F. Reynolds
- Nathan I. Ellis
- Paul McEuen
- Samantha L. Norris
- Sunwoo Lee
- Tianyu Wang
- Yanxin Ji
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Cornell University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- The Kavli Foundation