▪ Abstract Semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes exhibit novel electronic and optical
properties owing to their unique structural one-dimensionality and possible quantum …

Since the late 1980s there have been spectacular developments in micromechanical or
microelectro-mechanical (MEMS) systems which have enabled the exploration of …

Nanomechanical devices with very small mass and size have the potential for mass sensing
at the level of individual molecules. In the present study, we designed nanomechanical …

We have developed a liquid-environment frequency modulation atomic force microscope
(FM-AFM) with a low noise deflection sensor for a wide range of cantilevers with different …

The combination of biology and nanotechnology has led to a new generation of
nanodevices that make it possible to characterize the chemical, mechanical, and other …

Sensitive transduction of the motion of a microscale cantilever is central to many
applications in mass, force, magnetic resonance, and displacement sensing. Reducing …

This paper presents the state of the art in scanning force microscopy for dimensional
metrology. A detailed description is given of the important factors affecting the major …

Analytical expressions are provided for the energy loss from vibrating mechanical
resonators into their support structures for two limiting cases: supports that can be treated as …

Current progress on micro/nanofabrication of dynamic mode cantilever sensors utilized as
scanning probes, and their diverse sensing applications within physics, chemistry, and …

We report the observation of self-oscillations in a bottom-up nanoelectromechanical system
(NEMS) during field emission driven by a constant applied voltage. An electromechanical …