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 …

Carbon nanotubes are a versatile material in which many aspects of condensed matter
physics come together. Recent discoveries have uncovered new phenomena that …

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 …

Since the advent of atomic force microscopy, mechanical resonators have been used to
study a wide variety of phenomena, including the dynamics of individual electron spins …

Micro-and nanoelectromechanical systems have numerous applications in sensing and
signal transduction. Many properties benefit from reducing the system size to the nanoscale …

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 …

Mechanical systems can be influenced by a wide variety of small forces, ranging from
gravitational to optical, electrical, and magnetic. When mechanical resonators are scaled …

Frequency stability is key to the performance of nanoresonators. This stability is thought to
reach a limit with the resonator's ability to resolve thermally induced vibrations. Although …