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Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Mitsuyoshi Kamba
The University of Tokyo
2
Pedro Ornelas
University of the Witwatersrand
3
Kazuki Sone
University of Tsukuba
4
Natalie Fardian‐Melamed
Columbia University
5
Marius Bild
ETH Zurich
6
Gabriel Giribaldi
Northeastern University
7
Theodoros Ilias
Princeton University
8
Jonas Veenstra
University of Amsterdam
9
Johannes Piotrowski
ETH Zurich
10
Rui-Chang Shen
Zhejiang University

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Photonics (2024) [127 citations, W4390669949]
Nature Photonics|2024
127 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [112 citations, W4390614826]
Nature Communications|2024
112 cit.
3
Publication in Nature Physics (2024) [44 citations, W4394718065]
Nature Physics|2024
44 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [27 citations, W4408877573]
Nature Communications|2025
27 cit.
5
Criticality-enhanced electric field gradient sensor with single trapped ions
npj Quantum Information|2024
25 cit.
6
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [23 citations, W4406931610]
Nature Communications|2025
23 cit.
7
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [22 citations, W4411886714]
Nature Communications|2025
22 cit.
8
Publication (2024) [12 citations, W4392026502]
Unknown Journal|2024
12 cit.
9
Publication in Science (2025) [11 citations, W4414321743]
Science|2025
11 cit.
10
Biasing quantum trajectories for enhanced sensing
Physical review. A/Physical review, A|2025
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Zoé-Lise Deck-Léger
Polytechnique Montréal
2
Corentin Coulais
University of Amsterdam
3
Ruffin E. Evans
Harvard University
4
Akashdeep Kamra
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
5
Boqiang Shen
SA Photonics (United States)
6
André Xuereb
University of Malta
7
Guillaume De Bo
University of Manchester
8
Nils J. Engelsen
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
9
Dalziel J. Wilson
University of Arizona
10
Tiefu Li
Tsinghua University

Papers

1
Harnessing plasticity in sequential metamaterials for ideal shock absorption
Nature|2024
115 cit.
2
Non-reciprocal topological solitons in active metamaterials
Nature|2024
104 cit.
3
Force-controlled release of small molecules with a rotaxane actuator
Nature|2024
93 cit.
4
Buckling Metamaterials for Extreme Vibration Damping
Advanced Materials|2023
78 cit.
5
Hierarchical tensile structures with ultralow mechanical dissipation
Nature Communications|2022
65 cit.
6
Self-Oscillation and Synchronization Transitions in Elastoactive Structures
Physical Review Letters|2023
61 cit.
7
Non-orientable order and non-commutative response in frustrated metamaterials
Nature|2023
52 cit.
8
Adaptive locomotion of active solids
Nature|2025
45 cit.
9
Perimeter Modes of Nanomechanical Resonators Exhibit Quality Factors Exceeding <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mn>10</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>9</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math> at Room Temperature
Physical Review X|2022
38 cit.
10
Machine Learning of Implicit Combinatorial Rules in Mechanical Metamaterials
Physical Review Letters|2022
38 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Kerry J. Vahala
California Institute of Technology
2
M. L. Roukes
California Institute of Technology
3
Hongjie Dai
Xiangtan University
4
Franco Nori
University of Michigan
5
Tobias J. Kippenberg
Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)
6
Oskar Painter
California Institute of Technology
7
Phaedon Avouris
IBM (United States)
8
Cees Dekker
Delft University of Technology
9
Michal Lipson
Columbia University
10
Paul L. McEuen
Cornell University

Papers

1
Nanotube Molecular Wires as Chemical Sensors
Science|2000
6k cit.
2
Co3O4 nanocrystals on graphene as a synergistic catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction
Nature Materials|2011
5.4k cit.
3
Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube
Nature|1998
5.4k cit.
4
MoS<sub>2</sub> Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene: An Advanced Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2011
5k cit.
5
Chemically Derived, Ultrasmooth Graphene Nanoribbon Semiconductors
Science|2008
4.8k cit.
6
Optical microcavities
Nature|2003
4.7k cit.
7
PEGylated Nanographene Oxide for Delivery of Water-Insoluble Cancer Drugs
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2008
3.6k cit.
8
Thermal Transport Measurements of Individual Multiwalled Nanotubes
Physical Review Letters|2001
3.3k cit.
9
Nano-graphene oxide for cellular imaging and drug delivery
Nano Research|2008
3.3k cit.
10
Ballistic carbon nanotube field-effect transistors
Nature|2003
3.2k cit.

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