Edge effect of strained bilayer nanofilms for tunable multistability and actuation
1Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. zi.chen@dartmouth.edu.
Nanoscale
|January 10, 2017
Abstract:
We employed both theoretical and computational models supported by experiments to study the multistable behavior of an edge-effect driven Si/Cr micro-claw. Our study showed that individual micro-claws demonstrate either monostability or bistability as the magnitude of the edge effect is varied.


