Tags: NEMS/MEMS

Description

The term Nanoelectromechanical systems or NEMS is used to describe devices integrating electrical and mechanical functionality on the nanoscale. NEMS typically integrate transistor-like nanoelectronics with mechanical actuators, pumps, or motors, and may thereby form physical, biological, and chemical sensors.

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) (also written as micro-electro-mechanical, MicroElectroMechanical or microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems) is the technology of very small mechanical devices driven by electricity; it merges at the nano-scale into nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and nanotechnology.

MEMS are separate and distinct from the hypothetical vision of molecular nanotechnology or molecular electronics. MEMS are made up of components between 1 to 100 micrometres in size (i.e. 0.001 to 0.1 mm) and MEMS devices generally range in size from 20 micrometres (20 millionths of a metre) to a millimetre. They usually consist of a central unit that processes data, the microprocessor and several components that interact with the outside such as microsensors

Learn more about NEMS/MEMS from the many resources on this site, listed below. More information on NEMS/MEMS can be found here.

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  1. Graphene and 2D materials - the future ?

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    https://nanohub.org/groups/graphene

  2. Grove City College Nanotechnology Research Group

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    https://nanohub.org/groups/gccnano

  3. MEMS and NEMS

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    https://nanohub.org/groups/mems

  4. MEMS/NEMS Cantilevers

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    https://nanohub.org/groups/mems_nems_cantilevers

  5. MEMSLAB DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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    https://nanohub.org/groups/memslabteam

  6. There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom!

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    https://nanohub.org/groups/feynman