Nanoscale Torsional Dissipation Dilution for Quantum Experiments and Precision Measurement by J. R. Pratt, A. R. Agrawal, C. A. Condos, C. M. Pluchar, S. Schlamminger, D. J. Wilson

“…The quest for ultrahigh-Q nanomechanical resonators has driven intense study of strain-induced dissipation dilution, an effect whereby vibrations of a tensioned plate are effectively trapped in a lossless potential. …”
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Nonmonotonic Energy Dissipation in Microfluidic Resonators by Manalis, Scott R., Sader, John E., Burg, Thomas P.

“…Nanomechanical resonators enable a range of precision measurements in air or vacuum, but strong viscous damping makes applications in liquid challenging. …”
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Characterization of coupled micro/nanoresonators using inverse eigenvalue analysis by Choubey, B, Anthony, C, Saad, N, Ward, M, Turnbull, R, Collins, S

“…This paper reports a method of determining the system matrix of a nearest neighbor coupled array of micro/nanomechanical resonators. The simple method requires contacts to only one element of the array to determine two sets of eigenvalues related to the system matrix. …”

Controllable Phononic Low-Pass Filter via Optomechanical Interactions by Cheng Yang, Jiteng Sheng, Jiteng Sheng, Jiteng Sheng, Haibin Wu, Haibin Wu, Haibin Wu

“…By coupling two spatially separated nanomechanical resonators via optomechanical interactions, the phononic signal below a cutoff frequency can be transferred between mechanical resonators, while the signal above the cutoff frequency is attenuated, which resembles an electronic low-pass filter. …”
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Real-Time Particle Mass Spectrometry Based on Resonant Micro Strings by Anja Boisen, Silvan Schmid, Søren Dohn

“…Micro- and nanomechanical resonators are widely being used as mass sensors due to their unprecedented mass sensitivity. …”
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Lifetimes of Confined Acoustic Phonons in Ultrathin Silicon Membranes by Cuffe, John, Ristow, O., Chavez, E., Shchepetov, A., Chapuis, P. O., Alzina, F., Hettich, M., Prunnila, M., Ahopelto, Jouni, Dekorsy, T., Torres, C. M. Sotomayor

“…Our results provide insight to understand some of the limits of nanomechanical resonators and thermal transport in nanostructures.…”
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Coupled piezoresistive graphene nano-resonators by Kumar, M, Bhaskaran, H, Choubey, B

“…Single atom thick graphene nanomechanical resonators can have very low mass yet high stiffness leading to the potential of very high sensitivity frequency based mass and force sensors. …”

Graphene nano-electromechanical mass sensor with high resolution at room temperature by Dong Hoon Shin, Hakseong Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Hyeonsik Cheong, Peter G. Steeneken, Chirlmin Joo, Sang Wook Lee

“…Here we demonstrate a tri-layer graphene nanomechanical resonant mass sensor with sub-attogram resolution at room temperature, fabricated by a bottom-up process. …”
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Modeling the Electrostatic Actuation of Nanomechanical Pillar Dimers by Andreas Kainz, Andreas Kainz, Roman Beigelbeck, Silvan Schmid

“…With their unparalleled mass sensitivity, enabling single-molecule mass spectrometry, nanomechanical resonators have the potential to considerably improve existing sensor technology. …”
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Performance of Nano-Electromechanical Systems as Nanoparticle Position Sensors by Ezgi Orhan, Mert Yuksel, Atakan B. Ari, Cenk Yanik, Utku Hatipoglu, Ahmet Murat Yağci, M. Selim Hanay, M. Selim Hanay

“…By recording the position of each particle with frequency shift sensing, the position detection accuracy was evaluated for different beam models and the results are validated by SEM imaging our results indicate that the position sensing accuracy, and therefore the mass sensing accuracy, of nanomechanical resonators depends critically on the use of appropriate beam models.…”
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Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for the Fabrication of Functional Devices by Christian Pinto-Gómez, Francesc Pérez-Murano, Joan Bausells, Luis Guillermo Villanueva, Marta Fernández-Regúlez

“…Resulting devices can be further developed for building up high-sensitive mass sensors based on nanomechanical resonators.…”
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A microwave scattering spectral method to detect the nanomechanical vibrations embedded in a superconducting qubit by H. Y. Gao, L. F. Wei

“…Abstract Nanomechanical resonators (NMRs), as the quantum mechanical sensing probers, have played the important roles for various high-precision quantum measurements. …”
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QUEST-DMC: Background Modelling and Resulting Heat Deposit for a Superfluid Helium-3 Bolometer by Autti, S, Casey, A, Eng, N, Darvishi, N, Franchini, P, Haley, RP, Heikkinen, PJ, Kemp, A, Leason, E, Levitin, LV, Monroe, J, March-Russel, J, Noble, MT, Prance, JR, Rojas, X, Salmon, T, Saunders, J, Smith, R, Thompson, MD, Tsepelin, V, West, SM, Whitehead, L, Zhang, K, Zmeev, DE

“…The bolometer, instrumented with nanomechanical resonators, will be sensitive to energy deposits from dark matter interactions. …”

Scaling Phononic Quantum Networks of Solid-State Spins with Closed Mechanical Subsystems by Mark C. Kuzyk, Hailin Wang

“…The implementation also includes nanomechanical resonators coupled to color centers through phonon-assisted transitions as well as quantum state transfer protocols that can be robust against the thermal environment.…”
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Suspended nanochannel resonators at attogram precision by Cermak, Nathan, Payer, Kristofor Robert, Shen, Wenjiang, Lee, Jungchul, Olcum, Selim A., Wasserman, Steven, Manalis, Scott R

“…Nanomechanical resonators can quantify individual particles down to a single atom; however the applications are limited due to their degraded performance in solution. …”
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High-speed multiple-mode mass-sensing resolves dynamic nanoscale mass distributions by Cermak, Nathan, Olcum, Selim A., Manalis, Scott R, Wasserman, Steven

“…Simultaneously measuring multiple eigenmode frequencies of nanomechanical resonators can determine the position and mass of surface-adsorbed proteins, and could ultimately reveal the mass tomography of nanoscale analytes. …”
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Nano-Optomechanical Resonators Based on Suspended Graphene for Thermal Stress Sensing by Shen Liu, Hang Xiao, Yanping Chen, Peijing Chen, Wenqi Yan, Qiao Lin, Bonan Liu, Xizhen Xu, Yiping Wang, Xiaoyu Weng, Liwei Liu, Junle Qu

“…Nanomechanical resonators made from suspended graphene combine the properties of ultracompactness and ultrahigh detection sensitivity, making them interesting devices for sensing applications. …”
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Weighing nanoparticles in solution at the attogram scale by Olcum, Selim, Cermak, Nathan, Wasserman, Steven Charles, Christine, Kathleen, Atsumi, Hiroshi, Payer, Kristofor Robert, Shen, Wenjiang, Lee, Jungchul, Belcher, Angela M., Bhatia, Sangeeta N., Manalis, Scott R.

“…Physical characterization of nanoparticles is required for a wide range of applications. Nanomechanical resonators can quantify the mass of individual particles with detection limits down to a single atom in vacuum. …”
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Hydrodynamic assisted multiparametric particle spectrometry by Alberto Martín-Pérez, Daniel Ramos, Marina L. Yubero, Sergio García-López, Priscila M. Kosaka, Javier Tamayo, Montserrat Calleja

“…In this work, we theoretically predict and experimentally demonstrate hydrodynamic focusing with hollow nanomechanical resonators by using an interferometric system which allows the optical probing of flowing particles and tracking of the fundamental mechanical mode of the resonator. …”
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Optical Amplification and Fast-Slow Light in a Three-Mode Cavity Optomechanical System without Rotating Wave Approximation by Yan-Na Zhao, Tie Wang, Dong-Yang Wang, Xue Han, Shou Zhang, Hong-Fu Wang

“…Resorting to the Coulomb coupling between the nanomechanical resonators, the asymmetric double optomechanically induced amplification effect can be achieved by utilizing the counterrotating term. …”
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