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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Although strain engineering and soft-clamping techniques for attaining high Q-factors in nanoresonators have received much attention, their impact on nonlinear dynamics is not fully understood. In this study, we show that nonlinearity of high-Q Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanomechanical string resonators can be substantially tuned by support...
journal article 2024
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Keşkekler, A. (author), Bos, V. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Mechanical nonlinearities dominate the motion of nanoresonators already at relatively small oscillation amplitudes. Although single and coupled two-degree-of-freedom models have been used to account for experimentally observed nonlinear effects, it is shown that these models quickly deviate from experimental findings when multiple modes...
journal article 2023
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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
In recent years, the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4 nanomechanical resonators has significantly been increased by soft-clamping techniques using large and complex support structures. To date, however, obtaining similar performance with smaller supports has remained a challenge. Here, we make use of torsion beam supports to tune the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4...
journal article 2023
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Roslon, I.E. (author), Japaridze, A. (author), Rodenhuis, Stef (author), Hamoen, Lieke (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Dekker, C. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics present an increasing burden on healthcare. To address this emerging crisis, novel rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) methods are eagerly needed. Here, we present an optical AST technique that can determine the bacterial viability within 1 h down to a resolution of single bacteria. The...
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Manzaneque Garcia, T. (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
Resonant sensors hold great promise in measuring small masses, to enable future mass spectrometers, and small forces in applications like atomic and magnetic force microscopy. During the last decades, scaling down the size of resonators has led to huge enhancements in sensing resolution, but has also raised the question of what the ultimate...
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Sarafraz, A. (author), Givois, A.P.P. (author), Roslon, I.E. (author), Liu, Hanqing (author), Brahmi, Hatem (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
The resonance frequency of ultra-thin layered nanomaterials changes nonlinearly with the tension induced by the pressure from the surrounding gas. Although the dynamics of pressurized nanomaterial membranes have been extensively explored, recent experimental observations show significant deviations from analytical predictions. Here, we...
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Keşkekler, A. (author), Arjmandi Tash, H. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Nonlinearities are inherent to the dynamics of two-dimensional materials. Phenomena-like intermodal coupling already arise at amplitudes of only a few nanometers, and a range of unexplored effects still awaits to be harnessed. Here, we demonstrate a route for generating mechanical frequency combs in graphene resonators undergoing symmetry...
journal article 2022
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Roslon, I.E. (author), Japaridze, A. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Dekker, C. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Motion is a key characteristic of every form of life<sup>1</sup>. Even at the microscale, it has been reported that colonies of bacteria can generate nanomotion on mechanical cantilevers<sup>2</sup>, but the origin of these nanoscale vibrations has remained unresolved<sup>3,4</sup>. Here, we present a new technique using drums made of...
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Chen, X. (author), Ammu, S.K. (author), Masania, K. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Levitation offers extreme isolation of mechanical systems from their environment, while enabling unconstrained high-precision translation and rotation of objects. Diamagnetic levitation is one of the most attractive levitation schemes because it allows stable levitation at room temperature without the need for a continuous power supply....
journal article 2022
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Chen, X. (author), Kothari, Nimit (author), Keşkekler, A. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Diamagnetic levitation offers stable confinement of an object from its environment at zero power, and thus is a promising technique for developing next generation unclamped resonant sensors. In this work, we realize a resonant weighing scale using a graphite plate that is diamagnetically levitating over a checkerboard arrangement of permanent...
journal article 2021
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Steeneken, P.G. (author), Dolleman, R.J. (author), Davidovikj, D. (author), Alijani, F. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author)
The dynamics of suspended two-dimensional (2D) materials has received increasing attention during the last decade, yielding new techniques to study and interpret the physics that governs the motion of atomically thin layers. This has led to insights into the role of thermodynamic and nonlinear effects as well as the mechanisms that govern...
review 2021
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Keşkekler, A. (author), Shoshani, Oriel (author), Lee, M. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Mechanical sources of nonlinear damping play a central role in modern physics, from solid-state physics to thermodynamics. The microscopic theory of mechanical dissipation suggests that nonlinear damping of a resonant mode can be strongly enhanced when it is coupled to a vibration mode that is close to twice its resonance frequency. To date,...
journal article 2021
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Sarafraz, A. (author), Arjmandi Tash, H. (author), Dijkink, Laura (author), Sajadi, B. (author), Moeini, Mohsen (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Owing to their atomic thickness and low bending rigidity, suspended two-dimensional (2D) materials are prone to wrinkle formation. Here, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to probe the effect of these wrinkles on the nonlinear elasticity of atomically thin graphene membranes. We observe a stress-strain response that consists of two...
journal article 2021
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Chen, X. (author), Keşkekler, A. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
Diamagnetic levitation is a promising technique for realizing resonant sensors and energy harvesters since it offers thermal and mechanical isolation from the environment at zero power. To advance the application of diamagnetically levitating resonators, it is important to characterize their dynamics in the presence of both magnetic and...
journal article 2020
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Manzaneque Garcia, T. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author)
Resonant sensors determine a sensed parameter by measuring the resonance frequency of a resonator. For fast continuous sensing, it is desirable to operate resonant sensors in a closed-loop configuration, where a feedback loop ensures that the resonator is always actuated near its resonance frequency, so that the precision is maximized even in...
journal article 2020
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Roslon, I.E. (author), Dolleman, R.J. (author), Licona, H. (author), Lee, M. (author), Siskins, M. (author), Lebius, H. (author), Madauß, L. (author), Schleberger, M. (author), Alijani, F. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
Porous, atomically thin graphene membranes have interesting properties for filtration and sieving applications. Here, graphene membranes are used to pump gases through nanopores using optothermal forces, enabling the study of gas flow through nanopores at frequencies above 100 kHz. At these frequencies, the motion of graphene is closely...
journal article 2020
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Dolleman, R.J. (author), Belardinelli, P. (author), Houri, S. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
Stochastic switching between the two bistable states of a strongly driven mechanical resonator enables detection of weak signals based on probability distributions, in a manner that mimics biological systems. However, conventional silicon resonators at the microscale require a large amount of fluctuation power to achieve a switching rate in the...
journal article 2019
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Roslon, I.E. (author), Dolleman, R.J. (author), Solera Licona, Hugo (author), Lee, M. (author), Siskins, M. (author), Madauss, L. (author), Schleberger, M. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
poster 2019
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Sajadi, B. (author), Wahls, S. (author), Hemert, Simon van (author), Belardinelli, P. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)
Despite numerous theoretical investigations on the mechanical properties of graphene, an accurate identification of its material behavior is still unattained. One hypothesis for this uncertainty is that modeling graphene as a static membrane cannot describe the strong coupling between mechanics and thermodynamics of this structure. Therefore,...
journal article 2019
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Lee, M. (author), Davidovikj, D. (author), Sajadi, B. (author), Siskins, M. (author), Alijani, F. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
Despite theoretical predictions that graphene should be impermeable to all gases, practical experiments on sealed graphene nanodrums show small leak rates. Thus far, the exact mechanism for this permeation has remained unclear, because different potential leakage pathways have not been studied separately. Here, we demonstrate a sealing method...
journal article 2019
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