• 文献标题:   Bistability and Oscillatory Motion of Natural Nanomembranes Appearing within Monolayer Graphene on Silicon Dioxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MASHOFF T, PRATZER M, GERINGER V, ECHTERMEYER TJ, LEMME MC, LIEBMANN M, MORGENSTERN M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, nanoelectromechanic, scanning tunneling microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Rhein Westfal TH Aachen
  • 被引频次:   75
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl903133w
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

The truly two-dimensional material graphene is an ideal candidate for nanoelectromechanics due to its large strength and mobility. Here we show that graphene flakes provide natural nanomembranes of diameter down to 3 nm within its intrinsic rippling. The membranes can be lifted either reversibly or hysteretically by the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. The clamped-membrane model including van-der-Waals and dielectric forces explains the results quantitatively. AC-fields oscillate the membranes, which might lead to a completely novel approach to controlled quantized oscillations or single atom mass detection.