High-frequency micromechanical resonators from aluminium-carbon nanotube nanolaminates

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 459-463

  Bak, Jung Hoon ^a   Kim, Young Duck ^a   Hong, Seung Sae ^a,b   Lee, Byung Yang ^a   Lee, Seung Ran ^a   Jang, Jae Hyuck ^a   Kim, Miyoung ^a   Char, Kookrin ^a   Hong, Seunghun ^a   Park, Yun Daniel ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; MICROMECHANICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS;

MICROMECHANICAL BEAMS; MINERAL PLATELETS; NANOLAMINATES; PROTEIN MATRIX;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ALUMINUM; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 44349138338     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2181     Document Type: Article

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