Micro and nanoelectromechanical systems M/NEMS have been extensively investigated
and exploited in the past few decades for various applications and for probing fundamental …

As transistors are reaching their fundamental limits in terms of power consumption,
miniaturization, and heat generation, there is an imminent need to develop alternate …

In resonant nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), the quality (Q) factor is essential for
sensing, communication, and computing applications. While a large vibrational amplitude is …

The bifurcation-based mass sensor can take advantage of amplitude jumps between
multiple steady states to realize quantitative mass detection and mass warning. Compared …

Frequency locking phenomenon induced by modal coupling can effectively overcome the
dependence of peak frequency on driving strength in nonlinear resonant systems and …

Nonlinear modal interactions have recently become the focus of intense research in
mechanical resonators for their use to improve oscillator performance and probe the …

In the presented work, a model of a microelectromechanical accelerometer with two
microbeam sensing elements located between two fixed electrodes is proposed. The action …

Exploiting nonlinear characteristics in micro/nanosystems has been a subject of increasing
interest in the last decade. Among others, vigorous intermodal coupling through internal …

The internal resonance of a two degree-of-freedom mechanical system with all typical
(quadratic and cubic) geometric nonlinearities is studied, limiting to the case of free …

This paper studies the mode coupling behavior and complex nonlinear dynamics of a
piezoelectric driven L-shaped beam considering the added mass. To realize natural …