Single-crystal diamond nanomechanical resonators with quality factors exceeding one million

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tao, Y ^a,b   Boss, J M ^a   Moores, B A ^a   Degen, C L ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

DIAMOND; DISSIPATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NOISE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84899651716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4638     Document Type: Article

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