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Nanoscale Specific Heat Capacity Measurements Using Optoelectronic Bilayer Microcantilevers

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Brian G. Burke, William Alexander Osborn, Richard S. Gates, David A. LaVan

Abstract

We describe a new technique for optically and electrically detecting and heating bilayer microcantilevers (Pt−SiNx) to high temperatures at fast heating rates for nanoscale specific heat capacity measurements. The bilayer microcantilever acts simultaneously as a heater, temperature sensor, and mass sensor (0.01 ng resolution). The calibration of the system was validated for a mass of 0.72 ng by melting point and specific heat capacity measurements of deposited aluminum nanoparticles.
Citation
Nature Methods
Volume
101
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

calorimeter, fast heating rates, high temperature, microcantilever, nanocalorimetry, optoelectronic, specific heat capacity
Optical / photometry / laser metrology, Nanomaterials, Metals, Materials and Analytical chemistry

Citation

Burke, B. , Osborn, W. , Gates, R. and LaVan, D. (2012), Nanoscale Specific Heat Capacity Measurements Using Optoelectronic Bilayer Microcantilevers, Nature Methods, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772477 (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created December 11, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021
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