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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: Nano Lett. 2013 Mar 25;13(4):10.1021/nl400070e. doi: 10.1021/nl400070e

Table 1.

Measured (Theoretically Calculated) Nonlinear Stiffness Coefficients λpq (10−5 nm−2) for the First Three Out-of-Plane Flexural Modes of the Doubly-Clamped NEMS Devicea

q = 1 q = 2 q = 3
p = 1 0.53 ± 0.01
(0.53)
1.76 ± 0.36
(1.45)
3.51 ± 0.47
(3.59)
p = 2 0.18 ± 0.01
(0.186)
1.16 ± 0.03
(1.16)
1.77 ± 0.13
(1.65)
p = 3 0.13 ± 0.01
(0.124)
0.35 ± 0.06
(0.445)
1.43 ± 0.07
(1.43)
a

Uncertainties originate from the linear fits to the measured response, e.g., see Figure 2b. Monitored modes (p); driven modes (q).