Mechanical Nanoresonator for Extremely Broadband Resonance

In an embodiment, provided are nanoresonators, nanoresonator components and related methods using the nanoresonators to measure parameters of interest. In an aspect, provided is a nanoresonator component comprising an elongated nanostructure having a central portion, a first end, and a second end and an electrode having a protrusion ending in a tip that is positioned adjacent to the elongated nanostructure. The electrode is used to impart a highly-localized driving force in a perpendicular direction to the nanostructure to induce geometric nonlinear deformation, thereby generating non-linear resonance having a broadband resonance range that spans a frequency range of at least one times the elongated nanostructure natural resonance frequency.

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Patents:
WO 2,011,047,240

Inventor(s): YU MIN-FENG [US]; CHO HAN NA [US]; MCFARLAND D MICHAEL [US]; BERGMAN LAWRENCE A [US]; VAKAKIS ALEXANDER [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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