Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Integrated photonics based on silicon has drawn a lot of interests, since it is able to provide
compact solution for functional devices, and its fabrication process is compatible with the …

State-of-the-art compact antennas rely on electromagnetic wave resonance, which leads to
antenna sizes that are comparable to the electromagnetic wavelength. As a result, antennas …

Mechanical interactions are fundamental to biology. Mechanical forces of chemical origin
determine motility and adhesion on the cellular scale, and govern transport and affinity on …

Aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films are widely investigated due to their unique physical
properties and applications in energy harvesting devices, ultrasonic transducers …

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a layered semiconducting material in transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDCs), as thin as a monolayer (consisting of a hexagonal plane of Mo …

This article is a review of the dissipation processes in nanoelectromechanical systems
(NEMS). As NEMS technology becomes more and more prevalent in research and …

INTRODUCTION A paramount contemporary scientific challenge is to understand and
control networks. General studies of networks are essential to a variety of disciplines …

High sensitivity magnetoelectric sensors with their electromechanical resonance
frequencies< 200 kHz have been recently demonstrated using magnetostrictive …

Rapid progress in material science and nanotechnology has led to the development of the
shape memory alloys (SMA) and the shape memory polymers (SMP) based functional …