Symmetry breaking in a mechanical resonator made from a carbon nanotube

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Eichler, A ^a,b,d   Moser, J ^a,b   Dykman, M I ^c   Bachtold, A ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL RESONATOR; MECHANICS; NANODEVICE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYMMETRY BREAKING; VIBRATION;

EID: 84900482827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3843     Document Type: Article

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