title: Towards pick-and-place assembly of nanostructures.
abstract: We examine an approach to three-dimensional pick-and-place assembly of wire-like nanoscale components, such as carbon nanotubes and silicon nanowires, on microstructures inside a scanning electron microscope. In this article we demonstrate that microfabricated electrostatically acutuated tweezers can pick up silicon nanowires and show how electron beam deposition of carbon residues can be used to assemble carbon nanotubes on microelectrodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mølhave
authors.forename: Torben Mikael
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Dorte Nørgaard
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bøggild
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008420:Manufactured Materials / Q000032:analysis; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008846:Micromanipulation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010879:Piperazines; D055672:Static Electricity; D014896:Welding / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D010879:Piperazines; C084589:oxypertine