Resonant oscillators with carbon-nanotube torsion springs

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Papadakis, S J ^a,c   Hall, A R ^a   Williams, P A ^a   Vicci, L ^a   Falvo, M R ^a   Superfine, R ^a   Washburn, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RESONANCE; SENSORS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); NANOELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES (NEMS); PADDLE OSCILLATORS; RESONANT OSCILLATORS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 19644400823     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.146101     Document Type: Article

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