Nonlinear damping in mechanical resonators made from carbon nanotubes and graphene

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 339-342

  Eichler, A ^a   Moser, J ^a   Chaste, J ^a   Zdrojek, M ^a   Wilson Rae, I ^b   Bachtold, A ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DAMPING; GRAVITY WAVES; RESONATORS; YARN;

FIGURES OF MERITS; FOUCAULT PENDULUM; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; MECHANICAL RESONATORS; NONLINEAR DAMPING; NONLINEAR NATURE; QUALITY FACTORS;

GRAPHENE;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960125858     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.71     Document Type: Article

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