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Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS) are tiny machines built at the nanometer scale. Current NEMS applications are simple machines, such as the tiny cantilever shown at the right. An electrical circuit measures the deflection of the lever. A larger version of this device, with dimensions at the micrometer or millimeter scale, is commonly used as an airbag sensor in automobiles. A sudden stop causes a strong deflection of the lever, which signals that the airbags should be deployed. At the nano scale, such a lever is sensitive enough to measure the weight of individual atoms or molecules resting upon it.

Learn more about NEMS from the resources available on this site, listed below.

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  1. NCN NEMS: Research Seminars

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    19 Jun 2008 | Series

    Many research seminars are available on the nanoHUB. Listed below are a few that discuss new NEMS device possiblities.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4753

  2. NCN NEMS: Simulation Tools for Education and Research

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    19 Jun 2008 | Series

    Many simulation tools are available on the nanoHUB. The tools have been well-tested and here include supporting materials so that they can be effectively used for education or intelligently used...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4754

  3. NCN NEMS: Tutorials

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    19 Jun 2008 | Series

    From among the many tutorial lectures available on the nanoHUB, we list a few that convey new approaches to the development of new kinds of nano-electro-mechanical systems and devices.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4752

  4. High-Aspect-Ratio Micromachining of Titanium: Enabling New Functionality and Opportunity in Micromechanical Systems Through Greater Materials Selection

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    18 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Masa Rao

    Traditionally, materials selection has been limited in high-aspect-ratio micromechanical applications, due primarily to the predominance of microfabrication processes and infrastructure dedicated...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4743

  5. BNC Annual Research Review: An Introduction to PRISM and MEMS Simulation

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    04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jayathi Murthy

    This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4717

  6. BNC Research Review: The Birck Nanotechnology Center-Progress, Opportunitiees, and Challenges

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    04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

    This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4707

  7. Tutorial for NanogromacsSenior

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    29 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dairui Chen

    Breezed and uploaded by Cezary Wojtkowski University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4446

  8. Ferroelectric BaTiO3 Nanowires: Synthesis, Properties, and Device Applications

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    13 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Zhaoyu Wang

    One dimensional ferroelectric nanowires have attracted much attention due to its interests in fundamental physics and potential applications in Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS), non-volatile...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/4031

  9. An Experimentalists’ Perspective

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    19 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arunava Majumdar

    This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/3628

  10. Zsolt Illyefalvi-Vitez

    Dr. Zsolt Illyefalvi-Vitéz received his diploma in electronic engineering and his dr. techn. degree from BME, the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, in 1965 and 1974, respectively, and...

    http://nanohub.org/members/25144

  11. Plastic Deformation at Micron and Submicron Scales

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    28 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Marisol Koslowski

    Most people experiences the way objects plastically deform on a macroscopic scale. From a car crash to the bending of a paper clip plastic deformation occurs in the form of a smooth flow as a...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/3559

  12. Microscale Ionic Wind for Local Cooling Enhancement

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    26 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David B Go

    As the electronics industry continues to develop small, highly functional, mobile devices, new methods of cooling are required to manage the thermal requirements of the not only the chip but...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/3358

  13. Introduction of MEMS Activity at Nano/Micro System Engineering Lab., Kyoto University

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    15 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Osamu Tabata

    We are aiming at the realization of microsystems and nanosystems with novel and unique functions by integrating functional elements in different domains such as mechanics, electronics, chemistry,...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/3243

  14. Selective Silicon Epitaxy Seen at the Nanometer Scale

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    25 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Matthew Mark Sztelle

    The presenter introduces NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems) and STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and continues to present material on Selective Silicon Epitaxy seen at the Nanometer...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/2810

  15. Piezoelectric Transducers: Strain Sensing and Energy Harvesting (and Frequency Tuning)

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    15 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Toshikazu Nishida

    Acoustic pressure or mechanical force sensing via piezoelectric coupling is closely related to the harvesting of electrical energy from acoustical and mechanical energy sources. In this...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/2575

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    http://nanohub.org/members/21961

  17. SUGAR: the SPICE for MEMS

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    21 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jason Clark

    In this seminar, I present some design, modeling, and simulation features of a computer aided engineering tool for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) called SUGAR. For experimental...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/2735

  18. Electron Emission from Nanoscale Carbon Materials

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    15 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy S Fisher

    Prior studies on electron emission show possibly beneficial effects of nanoscale phenomena on energy-conversion characteristics. For example, recent work has shown that the electric field...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/2710

  19. Atomistic Green\'s Function Method 1-D Atomic Chain Simulation

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    02 May 2007 | Tools | Contributor(s): Zhen Huang, Wei Zhang, Timothy S Fisher, Sridhar Sadasivam

    Calculation of Thermal Conductance of an Atomic Chain

    http://nanohub.org/resources/greentherm

  20. BNC Annual Research Symposium: Bio-Nanotechnology and Biomedical Devices

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    23 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir

    This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/2626