Description

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. Introduction to Carbon Nanotube Electronics

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   12 Oct 2005 | Learning Modules | Contributor(s): Susan Sinnott

   Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have interesting, structure-dependent electronic properties. In particular, CNTs can be a metallic or semiconducting depending on the way in which the carbon atoms are...

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2. Introduction to Molecular Conduction

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   21 Jul 2005 | Learning Modules | Contributor(s): Ferdows Zahid, Magnus Paulsson, Avik Ghosh, Supriyo Datta

   A scanning probe microscope brushes the tips of molecules rising up from a gold substrate. After making contact, the probe measures a very strange current-voltage relationship--linear portions...

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3. Introduction to Nanofluidics

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   26 May 2005 | Learning Modules | Contributor(s): Susan Sinnott

   The purpose of this learning module is to introduce students to some fundamental concepts in Nanofluidics. The module includes a pretest (without keys), a presentation, reading materials on...

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4. Introduction to the CENEMS Simulation Tool

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   15 Apr 2006 | Learning Modules | Contributor(s): Gang Li, Narayan Aluru

   This learning module is an introduction to the CENEMS simulation tool. Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) often contains multiple nanoscale conductors. CENEMS is a user-friendly 2-D...

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