The quest for realizing and manipulating ever smaller man-made movable structures and
dynamical machines has spurred tremendous endeavors, led to important discoveries, and …

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

Ultralight mechanical resonators based on low-dimensional materials are well suited as
exceptional transducers of minuscule forces or mass changes. However, the low …

A unique feature of two-dimensional (2D) materials is the ultralow friction at their van der
Waals interfaces. A key question in a new generation of 2D heterostructure-based …

Nanomechanical resonator arrays constitute a promising platform for topological physics
and integrated acoustic devices. However, achieving precise control of the couplings …

Achieving both ultrahigh quality Q and high frequency simultaneously in mechanical
resonators is challenging due to the positive correlation between loss and frequency …

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are thin strips of graphene with unique properties due to
their structure and nanometric dimensions. They stand out as basic components for the …

A bulky battery is often an obstacle in microelectromechanical systems design. Not only
does it occupy large space, but also contributes to environmental pollution. Thus …

We report a detailed experimental investigation of the adhesive clam** instability in CNT
nanoresonators fabricated on silicon wafers with palladium electrodes and suspended CNT …

We report the development of a microcavity drum sealed by suspended graphene. The drum
is fabricated by using a low-pressure dry-transfer technique, which involves vacuum de …