Extensively chaotic motion in electrostatically driven nanowires and applications

Qingfei Chen, Liang Huang, Ying-Cheng Lai, Celso Grebogi, David Dietz

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Abstract

We carry out a detailed bifurcation analysis for a common class of electrostatically driven nanowires in a multiphysics model. A finding is that the nanoscale system can exhibit distinct chaotic states: chaos with symmetry breaking and extensive chaos possessing the full symmetry of the system. Potential applications such as nanoscale random number generator and controlling extensive chaos to achieve desirable performance are articulated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)406-413
Number of pages8
JournalNano Letters
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 10 2010

Keywords

  • Crisis
  • Extensive chaos
  • Nanowire
  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Random number generator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering

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