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Scientific Image - Nanomechanical Antenna Oscillator
| Content Provider | National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) |
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| Description | This scanning electron micrograph depicts a silicon crystal nanomachined into an antenna oscillator that can vibrate about 1.5 billion times per second. The antenna-type oscillator is a nanomachined single-crystal structure of silicon. Using this design, movements 1000 times smaller than nanometer scale are amplified into motion of the entire micron-sized structure. Operating at gigahertz speeds, the technology could help further miniaturize wireless communication devices like cell phones. This macroscopic nanomechanical oscillator consists of roughly 50 billion silicon atoms. • SIZE: The central silicon beam is 10.7 µm long and 400 nm wide; the "paddles" along the sides are 500 nm long and 200 nm wide. • IMAGING TOOL: Scanning electron microscope |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Use Rights URL | https://www.nisenet.org/permissions/creator-listed-above-has-made-image-available-nise-network-partners-non-profit |
| Subject Keyword | Oscillator Silicon Scanning electron microscope Nanomechanical antenna oscillator Nanomechanical Antenna Nanotechnology Engineering and Technology Technology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Art & Literary Works |
