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 …

Mass spectrometry provides rapid and quantitative identification of protein species with
relatively low sample consumption. The trend towards biological analysis at increasingly …

This article reviews major micro-and nanolithography techniques and their applications from
commercial micro devices to emerging applications in nanoscale science and engineering …

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 …

Back in December 1959, future Nobel laureate Richard Feynman gave a visionary and now
oft-quoted talk entitled “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom.” The occasion was an …

Energy dissipation is an unavoidable phenomenon of physical systems that are directly
coupled to an external environmental bath. In an oscillatory system, it leads to the decay of …

Ultrathin one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures such as nanowires and nanorods have
drawn considerable attention due to their promising applications in various fields. Despite …

Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches are similar to conventional semiconductor switches
in that they can be used as relays, transistors, logic devices and sensors. However, the …