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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Nano-electromechanical Systems (NEMS)"”.
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DESIGN, COMPACT MODELING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSCALE DEVICES
… is a crucial step in the advancement of modern nanotechnology and is gaining more and more interest. Nanoscale complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors, being the backbone of the electronic industry, are pushed to below 10 nm dimensions using novel manufacturing techniques …
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Computational electromagnetics for microstrip and MEMS structures
… a micron. It is important in the design of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS). Our method casts the evaluation of the force as a series of traditional 2D or 3D electromagnetic scattering problems, which are formulated with integral equations and then …
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Nanomechanical and nanoelectromechanical phenomena in 2D-atomic crystals : a scanning probe microscopy approach
In this thesis we probe the morphological, nanomechanical and nanoelectromechanical properties of 2D materials: graphene, MoS2 and h-BN. Throughout this study we extensively use scanning probe techniques of ultrasonic force microscopy (UFM), direct-contact electrostatic force microscopy (DC-EFM) …
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Fabrication of silicon-based nano-structures and their scaling effects on mechanical and electrical properties
Silicon-based nanostructures are essential building blocks for nanoelectronic devices and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), and their mechanical and electrical properties play an important role in controlling the functionality and reliability of the nano-devices. The objective of this …
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Suspended Gate Silicon Nanodot Memory
… memory is used in a wide variety of devices and systems from pen drives, mp3 players to cars, planes and satellites. However,the conventional floating gate memory technology in use for flash memory is facing a serious scalability issue, the tunnel oxide thickness cannot be reduced to less than …
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Constructive utilization of intentional nonlinearity in systems of coupled micro/nanomechanical resonators
Micro/nanomechanical resonators have been actively studied in the last decade in designs of highly sensitive detection, high frequency signal-processing, and high speed switching. These designs benefit from the exceptional dynamic characteristics of these systems, i.e., high frequency resonance and …