title: Piezoelectric characterization of a single zinc oxide nanowire using a nanoelectromechanical oscillator.
abstract: In this paper, we present a nanoelectromechanical oscillator with a single semiconducting zinc oxide nanowire (ZnO) doubly clamped and suspended on two metal electrodes by which the piezoelectric property on the growth of the ZnO nanowire along the c-axis, [0001], is characterized by the resonant frequency shift of the oscillator. We report that the resonance of the nanowire oscillator can be detected in ambient air and the effective piezoelectric coefficient on the growth of a ZnO nanowire along the c-axis, [0001], is significantly larger than that of bulk (0001) ZnO.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Dingqu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shaoqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Zhaoying
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xiongying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye