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 …

Nanomechanical resonators have been used to weigh cells, biomolecules and gas
molecules,,,, and to study basic phenomena in surface science, such as phase transitions …

The theory of dam** is discussed in Newton's Principia and has been tested in objects as
diverse as the Foucault pendulum, the mirrors in gravitational-wave detectors and …

Mechanical systems are ideal candidates for studying quantum behavior of macroscopic
objects. To this end, a mechanical resonator has to be cooled to its ground state and its …

Quantum crystals abound in the whole range of solid-state species. Below a certain
threshold temperature the physical behavior of rare gases (He 4 and Ne), molecular solids …

Mechanical resonators based on low-dimensional materials are promising for force and
mass sensing experiments. The force sensitivity in these ultra-light resonators is often limited …

This review provides an overview of recent advances that have been achieved in
understanding the basic physics of friction and energy dissipation in molecularly thin …

Mechanical resonators based on a single carbon nanotube are exceptional sensors of mass
and force. The force sensitivity in these ultralight resonators is often limited by the noise in …

Micro-and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS and NEMS) represent existing
(MEMS) and emerging (NEMS) technologies based on microfabrication of micron to …