The excellent mechanical properties make graphene promising for realizing nanomechanical resonators with high resonant frequencies,large quality factors,strong nonlinearities,and the capability to efectively interface...The excellent mechanical properties make graphene promising for realizing nanomechanical resonators with high resonant frequencies,large quality factors,strong nonlinearities,and the capability to efectively interface with various physical systems.Equipped with gate electrodes,it has been demonstrated that these exceptional device properties can be electrically manipulated,leading to a variety of nanomechanical/acoustic applications.Here,we review the recent progress of graphene nanomechanical resonators with a focus on their electrical tunability.First,we provide an overview of diferent graphene nanomechanical resonators,including their device structures,fabrication methods,and measurement setups.Then,the key mechanical properties of these devices,for example,resonant frequencies,nonlinearities,dissipations,and mode coupling mechanisms,are discussed,with their behaviors upon electrical gating being highlighted.After that,various potential classical/quantum applications based on these graphene nanomechanical resonators are reviewed.Finally,we briefy discuss challenges and opportunities in this feld to ofer future prospects for the ongoing studies on graphene nanomechanical resonators.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20240123)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1405900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12274397,12274401,and 12034018)。
文摘The excellent mechanical properties make graphene promising for realizing nanomechanical resonators with high resonant frequencies,large quality factors,strong nonlinearities,and the capability to efectively interface with various physical systems.Equipped with gate electrodes,it has been demonstrated that these exceptional device properties can be electrically manipulated,leading to a variety of nanomechanical/acoustic applications.Here,we review the recent progress of graphene nanomechanical resonators with a focus on their electrical tunability.First,we provide an overview of diferent graphene nanomechanical resonators,including their device structures,fabrication methods,and measurement setups.Then,the key mechanical properties of these devices,for example,resonant frequencies,nonlinearities,dissipations,and mode coupling mechanisms,are discussed,with their behaviors upon electrical gating being highlighted.After that,various potential classical/quantum applications based on these graphene nanomechanical resonators are reviewed.Finally,we briefy discuss challenges and opportunities in this feld to ofer future prospects for the ongoing studies on graphene nanomechanical resonators.
