Selective High-Frequency Mechanical Actuation Driven by the VO2 Electronic Instability

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 29(2017), 35 vom: 01. Sept.
1. Verfasser: Manca, Nicola (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Pellegrino, Luca, Kanki, Teruo, Venstra, Warner J, Mattoni, Giordano, Higuchi, Yoshiyuki, Tanaka, Hidekazu, Caviglia, Andrea D, Marré, Daniele
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article NEMS VO2 actuators mechanical oscillators metal-insulator transitions
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Zusammenfassung:© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Relaxation oscillators consist of periodic variations of a physical quantity triggered by a static excitation. They are a typical consequence of nonlinear dynamics and can be observed in a variety of systems. VO2 is a correlated oxide with a solid-state phase transition above room temperature, where both electrical resistance and lattice parameters undergo a drastic change in a narrow temperature range. This strong nonlinear response allows to realize spontaneous electrical oscillations in the megahertz range under a DC voltage bias. These electrical oscillations are employed to set into mechanical resonance a microstructure without the need of any active electronics, with small power consumption and with the possibility to selectively excite specific flexural modes by tuning the value of the DC electrical bias in a range of few hundreds of millivolts. This actuation method is robust and flexible and can be implemented in a variety of autonomous DC-powered devices
Beschreibung:Date Completed 18.07.2018
Date Revised 01.10.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201701618