Sökning: "suspended carbon nanotubes"

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  1. 1. Carbon-nanotube-based nanoelectromechanics

    Författare :Magnus Jonsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; electromechanical instabilities; multi-mode excitations; NEMS; suspended carbonnanotubes; Nanoelectromechanicalsystems; non-linearresonances; nanorelay; carbon nanotubes; surface forces;

    Sammanfattning : Carbon nanotubes, a novel material with extraordinary mechanical and electrical properties, are good candidates for designing nanoelectromechanical systems. The typical length scale of these systems is nanometers and an important characteristic is a coupling between electrical and mechanical degrees of freedom. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Quantum mechanical effects on charge transport in two mesoscopic systems

    Författare :Gustav Sonne; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Nanoelectromechanical systems; NEMS; carbon nanotubes; carbon peapods; excess current; superconducting weak links; suspended carbon nanotubes; non-linear resonances;

    Sammanfattning : Carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising building blocks for the developing field of nanoelectromechanics. Due to their unique electronic and mechanical properties, these all-carbon systems have been suggested for a range of applications where one wishes to utilse the coupling between mechanical and electronic degrees of freedom on the nanometer length scale. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Nanoelectromechanical systems from carbon nanotubes and graphene

    Författare :Niklas Lindahl; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; carbon nanotubes; graphene; nanoelectromechanical systems; fabrication; fabrication;

    Sammanfattning : Carbon nanotubes and graphene have many interesting properties. To exploit the properties in applications their synthesis and incorporation in devices has to be understood and controlled. This thesis is based on experimental studies on synthesis of carbon nanotubes and fabrication of nanoelectromechanical systems from carbon nanotubes and graphene. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Electromechanical Instability in Suspended Nanowire-Based NEMS

    Författare :Fabio Santandrea; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NEMS; Shuttle instability; Coulomb blockade; Carbon Nanotubes; Electronic Transport; Nonlinear Dynamics;

    Sammanfattning : "Nanoelectromechanical systems'' (NEMS) are a class of nanometer-sized mechanical structures coupled to electronic device of comparable dimensions. Their peculiar features make them interesting both from the technological and fundamental research viewpoints. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Mesoscopic phenomena in the electromechanics of suspended nanowires

    Författare :Gustav Sonne; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Nanoelectromechanical systems; Ground-state cooling; Superconducting weak links; Carbon nanotubes; Non-linear resonance;

    Sammanfattning : Over the last two decades nanotechnology has been a very active field of scientific research, both from fundamental perspectives as well as for applications in technology and consumer goods. In this thesis, theoretical work on quantum mechanical effects on charge transport in nanoelectromechanical systems is presented. LÄS MER