title: Ultrahigh frequency nanotube resonators.
abstract: We report carbon-nanotube-based electromechanical resonators with the fundamental mode frequency over 1.3 GHz, operated in air at room temperature. A new combination of drive and detection methods allows for unprecedented measurement of both oscillation amplitude and phase and elucidates the relative mobility of static charges near the nanotube. The resonator serves as an exceptionally sensitive mass detector capable of approximately 10(-18) g resolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems, University of California at Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aloni
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Yuzvinsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zettl