Fluctuation broadening in carbon nanotube resonators

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 19093-19096

  Barnard, Arthur W ^a   Sazonova, Vera ^b   Van Der Zande, Arend M ^b   McEuen, Paul L ^a,b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscopic physics; Nanomechanics; Nonlinear vibrations; Stochastic dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84869785617     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216407109     Document Type: Article

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