Graphene as a lubricant additive for reducing friction and wear in its liquid-based form

AR Marlinda, GSH Thien, M Shahid, TY Ling… - Lubricants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Graphene is a single atomic plane of sp2-bound carbon that has attracted considerable
interest in various technologies. On the basis of its unique physical, mechanical, and …

Fabrication of electronic switches based on low-dimensional nanomaterials: a review

L Zhang, K Xu, F Wei - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
Low-dimensional nanomaterials are receiving widespread attention as one ideal material for
manufacturing high-performance electronic switches, which play an important role in …

Nanoelectromechanical relay without pull-in instability for high-temperature non-volatile memory

S Rana, J Mouro, SJ Bleiker, JD Reynolds… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Emerging applications such as the Internet-of-Things and more-electric aircraft require
electronics with integrated data storage that can operate in extreme temperatures with high …

Measurement and control of stiction force in in-plane electrostatically actuated Si nanoelectromechanical cantilever relays with Pt contacts

MA Mamun, B Smith, B Horstmann… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure the stiction force using in-plane electrostatically actuated Si
nanoelectromechanical cantilever relays with Pt contacts. The average current-dependent …

Integrated 4-terminal single-contact nanoelectromechanical relays implemented in a silicon-on-insulator foundry process

Y Li, E Worsey, SJ Bleiker, P Edinger, MK Kulsreshath… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Integrated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays can be used instead of transistors to
implement ultra-low power logic circuits, due to their abrupt turn off characteristics and zero …

Thin films of nanocrystalline graphene/graphite: An overview of synthesis and applications

OG Simionescu, RC Popa, A Avram… - Plasma Processes and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocrystalline graphite/graphene (NCG) has been studied well before graphene was
successfully produced in 2004. Despite the fact that NCG thin films cannot reach the high …

Lorentz Force-Actuated Bidirectional Nanoelectromechanical Switch with an Ultralow Operation Voltage

D Li, J Yan, Y Zhang, J Wang, L Yu - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The high operating voltage of conventional nanoelectromechanical switches, typically tens
of volts, is much higher than the driving voltage of the complementary metal oxide …

Performance analysis of nanoelectromechanical relay-based field-programmable gate arrays

T Qin, SJ Bleiker, S Rana, F Niklaus… - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The energy consumption of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) is dominated by
leakage currents and dynamic energy associated with programmable interconnect. An …

Single‐Contact, Four‐Terminal Microelectromechanical Relay for Efficient Digital Logic

JD Reynolds, S Rana, E Worsey, Q Tang… - Advanced Electronic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nano and microelectromechanical relays can be used in lieu of transistors to build digital
integrated circuits that can operate with zero leakage current at high operating temperatures …

Interfacial adhesion between electrical contacts determined by surface quality

X Zhou, Y Zhang, DY Wu, LP Li, X Wang… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Micro-Electromechanical-Relay (MER) has widely achieved application in the
field of engineering thanks to the excellent features and ever-growing interest in …