DocumentCode
851093
Title
Multiwall carbon nanotube resonator for ultra-sensitive mass detection
Author
Wu, Wenchuan ; Palaniapan, Moorthi ; Wong, Weng-Keen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Volume
44
Issue
18
fYear
2008
Firstpage
1060
Lastpage
1061
Abstract
The experimental realisation of a multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) resonator for mass sensing applications is reported. Fabricated MWNT resonators with length, inner radius and outer radius as 34.37 mum, 5.37 nm and 13.27 nm, respectively, had a measured resonant frequency around 110-120 kHz. Measured results indicate that these MWNT resonators exhibit sub-attogram responsivity.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; micromechanical resonators; microsensors; C; microelectromechanical sensors; multiwall carbon nanotube resonator; radius 13.27 nm; radius 5.37 nm; resonant frequency; size 34.37 mum; subattogram reponsivity; ultrasensitive mass detection;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20081932
Filename
4610669
Link To Document