The present invention relates to integrated micro-cantilevers,
micro-bridges or micro-membranes in micro-liquid handling systems. Such
micro-liquid handling systems provide novel detection mechanisms for
monitoring the physical, chemical and biological properties of fluids in
such systems. The present invention further relates to micro-cantilever,
micro-bridge or micro-membrane type sensors having integrated readout.
Such constructions allow laminated flows of different liquids to flow in a
channel without mixing, which opens up for new type of experiments and
which reduces noise related to the liquid movement. The present invention
even further relates to sensors having adjacent or very closely spaced
micro-cantilevers, micro-bridges or micro-membranes which can be exposed
to different chemical environments at the same time.