ULTRATHIN GOLD FILMS

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Feb 24 2026TECHNOLOGY

Tiny Gold Sensors That Beat Light Into Heat Signals

A new study shows that gold films only a few nanometers thick can be turned into tiny mechanical sensors. These devices vibrate at very high frequencies, in the range of millions of cycles per second. When a laser shines on them, their vibration frequency shifts in a predictable way, allowing the se

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