Mechanical interactions are fundamental to biology. Mechanical forces of chemical origin
determine motility and adhesion on the cellular scale, and govern transport and affinity on …

The advances in micro-and nanofabrication technologies enable the preparation of
increasingly smaller mechanical transducers capable of detecting the forces, motion …

Recent advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of nano-electro-
mechanical systems (NEMS) such as nanomechanical resonators, which have recently …

The atomic force microscope (AFM) has a unique capability of allowing the high-resolution
imaging of biological samples on substratum surfaces in physiological solutions. Recent …

Micro-and nanoelectromechanical systems, including cantilevers and other small scale
structures, have been studied for sensor applications. Accurate sensing of gaseous or …

This article is a review of the dissipation processes in nanoelectromechanical systems
(NEMS). As NEMS technology becomes more and more prevalent in research and …

With the increasing requirements for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) regarding
stability, miniaturization and integration, novel materials such as wide band gap …

MEMS/NEMS resonators are widely studied in biological detection, physical sensing, and
quantum coupling. This paper reviews the latest research progress of MEMS/NEMS …

We combine ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy with optical trapping to study
homogeneous damping of the acoustic vibrations of single gold nanospheres (80 nm …

We present measurements of the acoustic vibrations of single gold nanorods deposited on a
glass substrate immersed in air and water by ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy. The …