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Table 1 Factors that influence damping in miniaturized mechanical resonators

From: Design strategies for controlling damping in micromechanical and nanomechanical resonators

Operation

Structure

Materials

Processing

Mode

Shape

Chemistry

Deposition

Frequency

Size

Alloying

Patterning

Temperature

Architecture

Residual stress

Etching

Pressure

Supporting frame

Microstructure

Bonding

Transduction

 

Defects

Annealing

 

Surfaces

Interconnection

  

Interfaces

Packaging