Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are exceptionally large surface area materials with
organized porous cages that have been investigated for nearly three decades. Due to the …

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 …

Mechanical interactions are fundamental to biology. Mechanical forces of chemical origin
determine motility and adhesion on the cellular scale, and govern transport and affinity on …

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 …

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) resonators can detect mass with exceptional
sensitivity. Previously, mass spectra from several hundred adsorption events were …

The enormous stiffness and low density of graphene make it an ideal material for
nanoelectromechanical applications. Here, we demonstrate the fabrication and electrical …

Periodicity in materials yields interesting and useful phenomena. Applied to the propagation
of light, periodicity gives rise to photonic crystals, which can be precisely engineered for …

The field of cantilever-based sensing emerged in the mid-1990s and is today a well-known
technology for label-free sensing which holds promise as a technique for cheap, portable …