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Acknowledgments

I thank R. McKendry (University College London, London, U.K.), M. Hegner, W. Grange, Th. Braun (CRANN Dublin), Ch. Gerber, J. Zhang, A. Bietsch, V. Barwich, M. Ghatkesar, F. Huber, N. Backmann, G. Yoshikawa, J.-P. Ramseyer, A. Tonin, H.R. Hidber, E. Meyer, and H.-J. Güntherodt (University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland) for valuable contributions and discussions, as well as U. Drechsler, M. Despont, H. Schmid, E. Delamarche, H. Wolf, R. Stutz, R. Allenspach, and P.F. Seidler (IBM Research, Zurich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland). I also thank the European Union FP 6 Network of Excellence FRONTIERS for support. This project is funded partially by the National Center of Competence in Research in Nanoscience (Basel, Switzerland), the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Commission for Technology and Innovation (Bern, Switzerland).

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Lang, H.P. (2009). Cantilever-Based Gas Sensing. In: Comini, E., Faglia, G., Sberveglieri, G. (eds) Solid State Gas Sensing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09665-0_9

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