Thermal self-synchronization of nano-objects

Self-synchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature, which oscillators are collectively locked frequency and phase through mutual interactions. While self-synchronization requires the forced excitation of at least one oscillators, we demonstrate that this mechanism spontaneously appears due to activation from thermal fluctuations. By performing molecular dynamics simulations, platform supporting doped silicon resonator nanopillars having different eigenfrequencies. We find pillar’s vibrations converging same phase. In addition, dependencies on intrinsic difference coupling strength agree well with Kuramoto model predictions. More interestingly, balance between energy dissipation resulting phonon–phonon scattering potential reached maintain synchronization. The could be suppressed by increasing membrane size. microscopic stochastic motions known follow random probability distributions, finally prove they can also yield coherent collective via self-synchronization.