25th anniversary article: semiconductor nanowires–synthesis, characterization, and applications

NP Dasgupta, J Sun, C Liu, S Brittman… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

Nanomechanical resonators and their applications in biological/chemical detection: Nanomechanics principles

K Eom, HS Park, DS Yoon, T Kwon - Physics Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of nano-electro-
mechanical systems (NEMS) such as nanomechanical resonators, which have recently …

Elastic properties of chemically derived single graphene sheets

C Gómez-Navarro, M Burghard, K Kern - Nano letters, 2008 - ACS Publications
The elastic modulus of freely suspended graphene monolayers, obtained via chemical
reduction of graphene oxide, was determined through tip-induced deformation experiments …

Giant piezoresistance effect in silicon nanowires

R He, P Yang - Nature nanotechnology, 2006 - nature.com
The piezoresistance effect of silicon has been widely used in mechanical sensors,,, and is
now being actively explored in order to improve the performance of silicon transistors,. In …

Very high frequency silicon nanowire electromechanical resonators

XL Feng, R He, P Yang, ML Roukes - Nano Letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate very high frequency (VHF) nanomechanical resonators based upon single-
crystal silicon nanowires (SiNWs), which are prepared by the bottom-up chemical synthesis …

The role of filopodia in the recognition of nanotopographies

J Albuschies, V Vogel - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Substrate-exploring functions of filopodia were previously suggested based on cell studies
on flat surfaces, but their role in topography sensing especially within nanofibrillar …

Measurement of the bending strength of vapor− liquid− solid grown silicon nanowires

S Hoffmann, I Utke, B Moser, J Michler… - Nano …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The fracture strength of silicon nanowires grown on a [111] silicon substrate by the vapor−
liquid− solid process was measured. The nanowires, with diameters between 100 and 200 …

Functional devices from bottom-up Silicon nanowires: A review

T Arjmand, M Legallais, TTT Nguyen, P Serre… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper summarizes some of the essential aspects for the fabrication of functional
devices from bottom-up silicon nanowires. In a first part, the different ways of exploiting …

A review on size‐dependent mechanical properties of nanowires

M Nasr Esfahani, BE Alaca - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The primary challenge to exploit the nanowire as a truly one‐dimensional building block in
nanoscale devices is the clear incorporation of scale effects into the operational …

Mechanics of crystalline nanowires

HS Park, W Cai, HD Espinosa, H Huang - MRS bulletin, 2009 - cambridge.org
Nanowires are among the most exciting one-dimensional nanomaterials because of their
unique properties, which result primarily from their chemical composition and large surface …