• 文献标题:   Coupling graphene nanomechanical motion to a single-electron transistor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LUO G, ZHANG ZZ, DENG GW, LI HO, CAO G, XIAO M, GUO GC, GUO GP
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1039/c6nr09768e
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-based electromechanical resonators have attracted great interest recently because of the outstanding mechanical and electrical properties of graphene and their various applications. However, the coupling between mechanical motion and charge transport has not been explored in graphene. Herein, we studied the mechanical properties of a suspended 50 nm wide graphene nanoribbon, which also acts as a single-electron transistor (SET) at low temperatures. Using the SET as a sensitive detector, we found that the resonance frequency could be tuned from 82 MHz to 100 MHz and the quality factor exceeded 30 000. The strong charge-mechanical coupling was demonstrated by observing the SET induced similar to 140 kHz resonance frequency shifts and mechanical damping. We also found that the SET can enhance the nonlinearity of the resonator. Our SET-coupled graphene mechanical resonator could approach an ultra-sensitive mass resolution of similar to 0.55 x 10(-21) g and a force sensitivity of similar to 1.9 x 10(-19) N (Hz)(-1/2), and can be further improved. These properties indicate that our device is a good platform for both fundamental physical studies and potential applications.