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Stamp transferred suspended graphene mechanical resonators for radio frequency electrical readout

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

X. Song
M. Oksanen
Mika Sillanpää
H.G. Craighead
J.M. Parpia
P.J. Hakonen

Abstract

We present a simple micromanipulation technique to transfer suspended graphene flakes onto any substrate and to assemble them with small localized gates into mechanical resonators. The mechanical motion of the graphene is detected using an electrical, radio frequency (RF) reflection readout scheme where the time-varying graphene capacitor reflects a RF carrier at f = 5-6 GHz producing modulation sidebands at f ± f m. A mechanical resonance frequency up to f m = 178 MHz is demonstrated. We find both hardening/softening Duffing effects on different samples and obtain a critical amplitude of ∼40 pm for the onset of nonlinearity in graphene mechanical resonators. Measurements of the quality factor of the mechanical resonance as a function of dc bias voltage V dc indicates that dissipation due to motion-induced displacement currents in graphene electrode is important at high frequencies and large V dc. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Nano Letters

Volume

12

Issue

1

Number of Pages

198-202,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855771899&doi=10.1021%2fnl203305q&partnerID=40&md5=660dfe8d87531748b5844c9be631872b

DOI

10.1021/nl203305q

Group (Lab)

Jeevak Parpia Group

Funding Source

0908634
240387
246026

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