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S&M1805 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2019.2153 Published: March 8, 2019 Ultra-thin Carbon Nanomechanical Resonator Fabrication and Its Dynamic Property Characterization [PDF] Reo Kometani, Mizue Sekine, and Shin’ichi Warisawa (Received October 10, 2018; Accepted January 11, 2019) Keywords: single nanometer scale, nanomechanical resonator, nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), diamond-like carbon (DLC), Q factor, energy dispersion, focused ion beam (FIB)
The nanomechanical resonator is a useful structure to achieve various nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) sensing devices. In this study, systematic evaluations of the dynamic properties and mechanical material properties of an ultra-thin nanomechanical resonator made of diamond-like carbon (DLC) were carried out. As a result, the fabrication of an ultra-thin nanomechanial resonator with a thickness of 4.8–73 nm was achieved by focused-ion-beam (FIB)-based nanofabrication. The energy dispersion of vibration depended on the surface area/volume (S/V) ratio. A thinner nanomechanical resonator had higher sensitivity to pressure. Furthermore, we evaluated Young's modulus and density as mechanical material properties by measuring the resonant properties of the DLC/SiO2 bilayer mechanical resonator. Young's modulus and density increased with decreasing thickness. This implied that the mechanical properties of nanoscale-thick DLC have a thickness dependence.
Corresponding author: Reo KometaniThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Reo Kometani, Mizue Sekine, and Shin’ichi Warisawa, Ultra-thin Carbon Nanomechanical Resonator Fabrication and Its Dynamic Property Characterization, Sens. Mater., Vol. 31, No. 3, 2019, p. 673-681. |