nanocantilever

== English == === Etymology === From nano- +‎ cantilever. === Noun === nanocantilever (plural nanocantilevers) (physics) A strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram === See also === nanobalance === References === Chemistry World Vol 4 No 3, March 2007 PhysicsWeb