Table 1 Mechanical properties for selected cantilevers.

From: Single-crystal diamond nanomechanical resonators with quality factors exceeding one million

Material

Length

Width

Thickness *

ω c /2π

k c

Q (300 K)

Q (3 K)

F th (300 K)

F th (3 K)

 

(μm)

(μm)

(nm)

(Hz)

(mN  m−1)

  

(aN H z−1/2)

(aN H z−1/2)

el-SCD

240

12

280 (20)

13,168

4.8

380,000

800,000

50

3.5

o-SCD

120

12

100 (25)

15,097

1.4

150,000

55,100

40

6.6

Si

170

4

135 (5)

4,960

0.083

11,500

31,500

63

3.8

PCD

200

18

270 (5)

14,197

5.0

6,680

22,000

370

21

el-SCD

240

12

660 (20)

32,140

67

412,000

1,510,000

115

6.0 (0.54)

  1. el-SCD, electronic-grade single-crystal diamond; o-SCD, optical-grade single-crystal diamond; PCD, polycrystalline diamond; Si, single-crystal silicon.
  2. *Thickness values are reported as the average between the thickest and thinnest parts of each cantilever along its length, with values in parentheses denoting the difference between this average and the extrema. For most diamond devices, the extrema occurred at the base and the tip.
  3. At 93 mK.