1,6-Hexanedithiol monolayer as a receptor for specific recognition of alkylmercury.

1,6-Hexanedithiol monolayer acts as an unusually specific recognition agent for CH3Hg+ when the microcantilever is used as the transducer; the mechanism of the sensor is discussed.

Photon-driven nanomechanical cyclic motion.

Microcantilevers modified by a monolayer of azobenzene molecules bend up and down periodically, switched by a 365 nm UV light, as a result of the conversion of the two configurations of azobenzene molecules in the monolayer.