Advances in the fabrication and characterization of nanoscale systems now allow for a better
understanding of one of the most basic issues in science and technology: the flow of heat at …

Nanoelectromechanical resonators have potential applications in sensing, cooling, and
mechanical signal processing. An important parameter in these systems is the strength of …

We investigate the strain-induced coupling between a nitrogen-vacancy impurity and a
resonant vibrational mode of a diamond nanoresonator. We show that under near-resonant …

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 …

Nanomechanical resonators are used with great success to couple mechanical motion to
other degrees of freedom, such as photons, spins and electrons,. The motion of a …

A two-site nanostructure (eg, a molecule) bridging two conducting leads and connected to a
phonon bath is considered. The two relevant levels closest to the Fermi energy are each …

We discuss hybrid systems in which a mechanical oscillator is coupled to another
(microscopic) quantum system, such as trapped atoms or ions, solid-state spin qubits, or …

Coupling an electromechanical resonator with carbon-nanotube quantum dots is a
significant method to control both the electronic charge and the spin quantum states. By …

Quantum optomechanics, and the related field of quantum electromechanics, seek to control
the quantum mechanical interaction between electromagnetic radiation and bulk …

One of the most fundamental problems in optomechanical cooling is how small the thermal
phonon number of a mechanical oscillator can be achieved under the radiation pressure of …