{
  "id": "0906.4234",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2009-06-23T12:05:42.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-06-23T12:05:42.000Z",
  "title": "Strain sensing with sub-micron sized Al-AlOx-Al tunnel junctions",
  "authors": [
    "P. J. Koppinen",
    "J. T. Lievonen",
    "M. Ahlskog",
    "I. J. Maasilta"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 3 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We demonstrate a local strain sensing method for nanostructures based on metallic Al tunnel junctions with AlOx barriers. The junctions were fabricated on top of a thin silicon nitride membrane, which was actuated with an AFM tip attached to a stiff cantilever. A large relative change in the tunneling resistance in response to the applied strain (gauge factor) was observed, up to a value 37. This facilitates local static strain variation measurements down to ~10^{-7}.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2009-06-23T12:05:42.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "07.07.Df",
      "07.10.Pz"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "sub-micron sized al-alox-al tunnel junctions",
      "strain sensing",
      "local static strain variation measurements",
      "facilitates local static strain variation"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1063/1.3298582",
      "journal": "Review of Scientific Instruments",
      "year": 2010,
      "month": "Feb",
      "volume": 81,
      "number": 2,
      "pages": 3901
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010RScI...81b3901K"
    }
  }
}