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 …

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

Carbon nanotube mechanical resonators have attracted considerable interest because of
their small mass, the high quality of their surfaces, and the pristine electronic states they …

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 …

Energy decay plays a central role in a wide range of phenomena,,, such as optical emission,
nuclear fission, and dissipation in quantum systems. Energy decay is usually described as a …

Mechanical oscillators have been demonstrated with very high quality factors over a wide
range of frequencies. They also couple to a wide variety of fields and forces, making them …

Electron-vibration coupling is of critical importance for the development of molecular
electronics, spintronics, and quantum technologies, as it affects transport properties and spin …

Nanomechanical resonators are built into phones, as filters or accelerometers, but they lack
a knob to effectively tune the frequency at the nanoscale when it's easy to tune on an octave …

Advances in micro-and nanofabrication technologies have enabled the development of
novel micro-and nanomechanical resonators which have attracted significant attention due …