Graphene mechanical oscillators with tunable frequency

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 923-927

  Chen, Changyao ^a   Lee, Sunwoo ^a   Deshpande, Vikram V ^a   Lee, Gwan Hyoung ^a,b   Lekas, Michael ^a   Shepard, Kenneth ^a   Hone, James ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; GRAPHENE; OSCILLISTORS; RESONATORS;

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; DIRECT CURRENT POWER; FREQUENCY MODULATED SIGNAL; FREQUENCY MODULATORS; MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; MECHANICAL RESONATORS; MODULATION BANDWIDTH; NANOMECHANICAL RESONATORS;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

GRAPHENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

GRAPHITE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84890448522     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.232     Document Type: Article

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