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
Michael Roukes Receives the 2010 NIH Director's Pioneer Award Read More... 08-19-2010

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

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