Universal transduction scheme for nanomechanical systems based on dielectric forces

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7241, 2009, Pages 1001-1004

  Unterreithmeier, Quirin P ^a   Weig, Eva M ^a   Kotthaus, Jörg P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; FLUID MECHANICS; JET FLOW; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; FORCE; MODULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 65549145100     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07932     Document Type: Article

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