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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2002
Brian D. Hunt, La Cresenta, CA (US);
Flavio Noca, Altadena, CA (US);
Michael E. Hoenk, Valencia, CA (US);
Larry Epp, Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel J. Hoppe, La Ca{overscore (n)}ada, CA (US);
Robert S. Kowalcyk, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Daniel S. Choi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A tunable nanomechanical oscillator device and system is provided. The nanomechanical oscillator device comprising at least one nanoresonator, such as a suspended nanotube, designed such that injecting charge density into the tube (e.g. by applying a capacitively-cuopled voltage bias) changes the resonant frequency of the nanotube, and where exposing the resonator to an RF bias induces oscillitory movement in the suspended portion of the nanotube, forming a nanoscale resonator, as well as a force sensor when operated in an inverse mode. A method of producing an oriented nanoscale resonator structure with integrated electrodes is also provided.