Mechanically controlled quantum contact with on-chip MEMS actuator

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Gel, Murat ^a,b   Ishida, Tadashi ^a   Akasaka, Tetsuo ^a   Umeno, Akinori ^a   Araki, Koji ^a   Hirakawa, Kaz ^a   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrostatic actuator; In situ transmission electron microscope (TEM) actuation; Nano gap; Quantum contact

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; POINT CONTACTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION; NANO GAP; QUANTUM CONTACT;

MEMS;

EID: 33947234250     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2006.885852     Document Type: Article

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