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Journal Article
Real-time nanomechanical property modulation as a framework for tunable NEMS
2022
Overview
Phase-change materials (PCMs) can switch between amorphous and crystalline states permanently yet reversibly. However, the change in their mechanical properties has largely gone unexploited. The most practical configuration using suspended thin-films suffer from filamentation and melt-quenching. Here, we overcome these limitations using nanowires as active nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). We achieve active modulation of the Young’s modulus in GeTe nanowires by exploiting a unique dislocation-based route for amorphization. These nanowire NEMS enable power-free tuning of the resonance frequency over a range of 30%. Furthermore, their high quality factors (
Q
> 10
4
) are retained after phase transformation. We utilize their intrinsic piezoresistivity with unprecedented gauge factors (up to 1100) to facilitate monolithic integration. Our NEMS demonstrate real-time frequency tuning in a frequency-hopping spread spectrum radio prototype. This work not only opens up an entirely new area of phase-change NEMS but also provides a novel framework for utilizing functional nanowires in active mechanical systems.
Direct modulation of Young‟s Modulus to affect mechanical resonances in real-time has not been achieved before. Here, the authors leverage the dislocation migration phenomenon in GeTe nanowires to develop nanoelectromechanical systems with powerfree tuning of mechanical resonances within a range of 30%, high and stable quality and gauge factors.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
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