Mesoscopic physics of nanomechanical systems

A Bachtold, J Moser, MI Dykman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

High‐Strength Amorphous Silicon Carbide for Nanomechanics

M Xu, D Shin, PM Sberna, R van der Kolk… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, mechanical resonators with high sensitivity have been realized using thin‐film
materials under high tensile loads. Although there are remarkable strides in achieving low …

Roadmap on nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging

R Budakian, A Finkler, A Eichler, M Poggio… - …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The field of nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging (NanoMRI) was started 30 years ago. It
was motivated by the desire to image single molecules and molecular assemblies, such as …

Centimeter-scale nanomechanical resonators with low dissipation

A Cupertino, D Shin, L Guo, PG Steeneken… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
High-aspect-ratio mechanical resonators are pivotal in precision sensing, from macroscopic
gravitational wave detectors to nanoscale acoustics. However, fabrication challenges and …

Enhancing membrane-based scanning force microscopy through an optical cavity

T Gisler, D Hälg, V Dumont, S Misra, L Catalini… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
The new generation of strained-silicon-nitride resonators harbors great promise for scanning
force microscopy, especially when combined with the extensive toolbox of cavity …

Ultra-high-Q nanomechanical resonators for force sensing

A Eichler - Materials for Quantum Technology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanomechanical resonators with ultra-high quality factors have become a central element in
fundamental research, enabling measurements below the standard quantum limit and the …

Current experimental upper bounds on spacetime diffusion

M Janse, DG Uitenbroek, L van Everdingen… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
A theory describing the dynamics of quantum systems interacting on a classical spacetime
was recently put forward by Oppenheim et al. Quantum states may retain their coherence, at …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-based cryoelectronics: graphene and carbon nanotube

X Deng, N Kang, Z Zhang - Chip, 2023 - Elsevier
The rise of quantum computing has prompted the interest in the field of cryogenic
electronics. Carbon-based materials hold great promise in the area of cryogenic electronics …

Sensitivity enhancement of nonlinear micromechanical sensors using parametric symmetry breaking

Y Xu, Q Yang, J Song, X Wei - Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2024 - nature.com
The working mechanism of resonant sensors is based on tracking the frequency shift in the
linear vibration range. Contrary to the conventional paradigm, in this paper, we show that by …

Force-detected magnetic resonance imaging of influenza viruses in the overcoupled sensor regime

MD Krass, N Prumbaum, R Pachlatko, U Grob… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Long and thin scanning force cantilevers are sensitive to small forces, but also vulnerable to
detrimental noncontact interactions. Here we present an experiment with a cantilever whose …