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Acoustics in nanotechnology: manipulation, device application and modeling

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dc.contributor.advisor Wang, Zhong Lin
dc.contributor.author Buchine, Brent Alan en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Degertekin, F. Levent
dc.contributor.committeeMember Liu, Meilin
dc.contributor.committeeMember Snyder, Robert L.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Tannenbaum, Rina
dc.contributor.department Materials Science and Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-01-22T15:44:27Z
dc.date.available 2009-01-22T15:44:27Z
dc.date.issued 2007-12-19 en_US
dc.description.abstract Advancing the field of nanotechnology to incorporate the unique properties observed at the nanoscale into functional devices has become a major scientific thrust of the 21st century. New fabrication tools and assembly techniques are required to design and manufacture devices based on one-dimensional nanostructures. Three techniques for manipulating nanomaterials post-synthesis have been developed. Two of them involve direct contact manipulation through the utilization of a physical probe. The third uses optically generated surface acoustic waves to reproducibly control and assemble one-dimensional nanostructures into desired locations. The nature of the third technique is non-contact and limits contamination and defects from being introduced into a device by manipulation. While the effective manipulation of individual nanostructures into device components is important for building functional nanosystems, commercialization is limited by this one-device-at-a-time process. A new approach to nanostructure synthesis was also developed to site-specifically nucleate and grow nanowires between two electrodes. Integrating synthesis directly with prefabricated device architectures leads to the possible mass production of NEMS, MEMS and CMOS systems based upon one-dimensional nanomaterials. The above processes have been pursued to utilize piezoelectric ZnO nanobelts for applications in high frequency electronic filtering as well as biological and chemical sensing. The high quality, single crystal, faceted nature of these materials make them ideal candidates for studying their properties through the designs of a bulk acoustic resonator. The first ever piezoelectric bulk acoustic resonator based on bottom-up synthesized belts will be demonstrated. Initial results are promising and new designs are implemented to scale the device to sub-micron dimensions. Multiple models will be developed to assist with design and testing. Some of models presented will help verify experimental results while others will demonstrate some of the problems plaguing further investigations. en_US
dc.description.degree Ph.D. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26542
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Nanoscience en_US
dc.subject Nanotechnology en_US
dc.subject Acoustics en_US
dc.subject Manipulation en_US
dc.subject Nanowires en_US
dc.subject Nanobelts en_US
dc.subject Bulk acoustic wave devices en_US
dc.subject Resonator en_US
dc.subject Zinc oxide en_US
dc.subject ZnO en_US
dc.subject ISTS en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Nanotechnology
dc.subject.lcsh Acoustic surface waves
dc.subject.lcsh Nanostructured materials Synthesis
dc.subject.lcsh Mass production
dc.title Acoustics in nanotechnology: manipulation, device application and modeling en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
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local.contributor.advisor Wang, Zhong Lin
local.contributor.corporatename School of Materials Science and Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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