Welcome to the Roukes Group
We are working to explore new physics at the nanoscale, and to apply this knowledge to realizing advanced tools for the biomedical and life sciences. Our group's efforts span from very systematic nanodevice engineering for practical applications, to biological investigations enabled by novel devices, to quantum measurements with nanosystems at ultralow temperatures.

The most exciting frontiers in nanoscience and nanotechnology, in our opinion, are highly cross-disciplinary and cannot be accomplished without strong ties to other laboratories. We are privileged to be working with excellent collaborators around the world. One of our principal collaborative efforts is the Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI, a close and enthusiastic collaboration with scientists and engineers at CEA/LETI-MINATEC in Grenoble, France. Together we have already demonstrated the first examples of very-large-scale integration (VLSI) of nanoelectromechanical systems. Our current work is focused on highly-multiplexed bio/chemical detection systems, producible en masse to enable both new commercializable applications and fundamental explorations at the frontiers of the life sciences.

In the News
Caltech Physicists Create First Nanoscale Mass Spectrometer The new technique, developed over 10 years of effort by Michael L. Roukes, Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering at the Caltech and codirector of Caltech's Kavli Nanoscience Institute, and his colleagues, simplifies and miniaturizes the process through the use of very tiny nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) resonators. Read more... 07-21-2009

New Method to Detect Quantum Mechanical Effects in Ordinary Objects —Scientists have successfully measured entanglement and superposition in photons and in small collections of just a few atoms. But physicists have long wondered if larger collections of atoms—those that form objects with sizes closer to what we are familiar with in our day-to-day life—also exhibit quantum effects. Matt LaHaye, postdoctoral research scientist, Keith Schwab, associate professor of applied physics, Michael L. Roukes, professor of physics, applied physics, and bioengineering, and their colleagues have developed a new tool that can detect quantum mechanical behavior in such ordinary objects. Read more... 06-19-2009

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