Physicists Cue Nanosecond Beat of Nano-Baton
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 20:21
in Physics & Chemistry
By perfecting a technique to control the vibrations of high frequency nano-cantilevers, Canadian physicists have overcome a roadblock to using nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) for digital logic and memory applications and have, taken the first sub-nanosecond mechanical measurements of NEMS.