Studies of graphene-based nanoelectromechanical switches

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 82-87

  Shi, Zhiwen ^a   Lu, Hongliang ^a   Zhang, Lianchang ^a   Yang, Rong ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Liu, Donghua ^a   Guo, Haiming ^a   Shi, Dongxia ^a   Gao, Hongjun ^a   Wang, Enge ^b   Zhang, Guangyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy (AFM); electrostatic force; nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS); scanning tunneling microscope (STM); Suspended graphene; van der Waals force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856750372     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0187-9     Document Type: Article

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