This paper reports a new protocol on-chip for functionalization purpose enabled by liquid dielectrophoresis (LDEP) technique at the microscale, and its adaptation to the nanoscale for the MEMS/NEMS applications. In a previous study, circular spots (diameter: 25-100 μm), made of polymer, have been accurately positioned onto a surface using LDEP. In this study, doped polysilicon LDEP structures h...

Reliable operation of a miniaturized mechanical system requires that nanomechanical motion be transduced into electrical signals (and vice versa) with high fidelity and in a robust manner. Progress in transducer technologies is expected to impact numerous emerging and future applications of microand, especially, nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS); furthermore, high-precision measurem...

This paper presents average values of levelized costs and levelized avoided costs for generating technologies entering service in 2020, 2022,1 and 2040 as represented in the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) for the Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case.2 The costs for generating technologies entering service in 2022 are presented in the body of the report, with those for 202...

We assessed the consumer food environment in rural areas by using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Stores (NEMS-S) to measure the availability, price, and quality of fruits and vegetables. We randomly selected 20 grocery stores (17 rural, 3 urban) in 12 Montana counties using the 2013 US Department of Agriculture's rural-urban continuum codes. We found significant differences in NE...

We seek the first indications that a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) is entering the quantum domain as its mass and temperature are decreased. We find them by studying the transition from classical to quantum behavior of a driven nonlinear Duffing resonator. Numerical solutions of the equations of motion, operating in the bistable regime of the resonator, demonstrate that the quantum Wigner...

29 THE 4TH ANNUAL IEEE INTERnational Conference on Nano/Microengineered Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS) was held at the Sheraton Dameisha Resort in Shenzhen, China, 5–8 January 2009. More than 300 papers were presented by leading micro/nanotechnology researchers in academia and industry from around the globe. Topical areas of the conference included microelectro mechanical systems (MEMS), BioMEMS...

Silicon carbide (SiC) remains the most promising semiconductor for developing harsh environment microsystems, particularly in applications where temperatures exceed 300 °C. While significant progress has been made in the development of more conventional junction field effect transistors (JFET), many challenges remain, particularly in the realization of robust digital logic circuits. The authors...

Very high frequency (VHF) nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) provide unprecedented sensitivity for inertial mass sensing. We demonstrate in situ measurements in real time with mass noise floor approximately 20 zg. Our best mass resolution corresponds to approximately 7 zg, equivalent to approximately 30 xenon atoms or the mass of an individual 4 kDa molecule. Detailed analysis of the ultimate...

Nanotechnology is one of the pillars of human life in the future. This technology is growing fast and many scientists work in this field. The behavior of materials in nano size varies with that in macro dimension. Therefore scientists have presented various theories for examining the behavior of materials in nano-scale. Accordingly, mechanical behavior of nano-plates, nanotubes nano-beams and n...