title: Resonant oscillators with carbon-nanotube torsion springs.
abstract: We report on the characterization of nanometer-scale resonators. Each device incorporates one multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) as a torsional spring. The devices are actuated electrostatically, and their deflections, both low frequency and on resonance, are detected optically. These are some of the smallest electromechanical devices ever created and are a demonstration of practical integrated MWNT-based oscillators. The results also show surprising intershell mechanical coupling behavior in the MWNTs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vicci
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Falvo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Superfine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Washburn