Researchers have seen strong coupling between the mechanical motion of a carbon nanotube and the passage of single electrons through the nanotube.
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Bockrath, M. Show of strength. Nature Nanotech 4, 619–620 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.288
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