Bistability and oscillatory motion of natural nanomembranes appearing within monolayer graphene on silicon dioxide

T. Mashoff; M. Pratzer; V. Geringer; T. J. Echtermeyer; M. C. Lemme; M. Liebmann; M. Morgenstern

doi:10.1021/nl903133w

Bistability and oscillatory motion of natural nanomembranes appearing within monolayer graphene on silicon dioxide

T. Mashoff, M. Pratzer, V. Geringer, T. J. Echtermeyer, M. C. Lemme, M. Liebmann, M. Morgenstern

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Abstract

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 clampedmembrane 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. © 2010 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	461-465
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl903133w
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2010

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Graphene
Nanoelectromechanics
Scanning tunneling microscopy

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