Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

A Coarse-Grained Tight Binding Method for Electrostatic Analysis of Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)

Xu Y., Li G., Aluru N.R., Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, US

Silicon electrostatic nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are one of the emerging applications in nanotechnology. As the critical length of a NEM structure shrinks to less than a few nanometers, classical models based on continuum approximations become [...]

Scaling of Electroosmotic Flow and Ionic Conductivity in Nanochannels

Qiao R., Aluru N.R., Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, US

Electrokinetic transport is widely encountered in many nanofluidic systems, and understanding its scaling as a function of various operating conditions, e.g., bulk concentration, is important for establishing design rules and for exploring the design space. [...]