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Example of a nanomechanical system: Molecularly sized gears

Nanomechanics

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Some of the mechanical aspects of nanotechnology is

  • Extreme Youngs modulus materials
  • High frequency resonances in nanoscale oscillators

Nano-electro-mechanical systems

Mechanics of beams and cantilevers

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Cantilevers are essential in many mechanical systems: Nanotubes, nanowires and atomic force microscopes...

The harmonic oscillator

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Fundamental in the description of any oscillating systems is the harmonic oscillator and the quantum mechanical version, the Quantum harmonic oscillator.

References

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