Microwave electromechanical resonator consisting of clamped carbon nanotubes in an abacus arrangement
Journal
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
3
Pages
035405-1 - 035405-5
Date Issued
2007
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Abstract
We describe nanoscale electromechanical resonators capable of operating in ambient-pressure air at room temperature with unprecedented fundamental resonance frequency of ∼4 GHz. The devices are created from suspended carbon nanotubes loaded abacus style with inertial metal clamps, yielding short effective beam lengths. We examine the energy dissipation in the system due to air damping and contact loss. Such nanoabacus resonators open windows for immediate practical microwave frequency nanoelectromechanical system applications. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
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Publisher
American Physical Society
Type
journal article