The quest for realizing and manipulating ever smaller man-made movable structures and
dynamical machines has spurred tremendous endeavors, led to important discoveries, and …

Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Micro and nanoelectromechanical systems M/NEMS have been extensively investigated
and exploited in the past few decades for various applications and for probing fundamental …

Quality factor (Q) is an important property of micro-and nano-electromechanical (MEM/NEM)
resonators that underlie timing references, frequency sources, atomic force microscopes …

Mechanical sources of nonlinear damping play a central role in modern physics, from solid-
state physics to thermodynamics. The microscopic theory of mechanical dissipation …

A major achievement of the past decade has been the realization of macroscopic quantum
systems by exploiting the interactions between optical cavities and mechanical resonators …

We show that nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond interfaced with a suspended
carbon nanotube carrying a dc current can facilitate a spin-nanomechanical hybrid device …

Taking advantage of undesirable ambient vibration resources, vibration-based energy
harvesters (VEHs) aim to power smart electronic devices by converting kinetic energy into …

Graphene is an attractive material for nanomechanical devices because it allows for
exceptional properties, such as high frequencies, quality factors, and low mass. An …

Energy decay plays a central role in a wide range of phenomena 1, 2, 3, such as optical
emission, nuclear fission, and dissipation in quantum systems. Energy decay is usually …