Nanomanipulator-assisted fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotubes inside scanning electron microscope.
We have installed two nanomanipulators, which can travel about 20mm with a minimum increment of 1 nm, for manipulation of nanostructured materials inside field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). Both manipulators render motions in x, y, and z directions, providing various manipulation freedoms such as moving, bending, cutting, and biasing. In addition, we have conducted in situ characterization of the electrical breakdown of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Our results demonstrate the possibility that MWCNTs can be used as a gas sensor.
Lim
Seong Chu
SC
Department of Physics, Institute of Basic Science, Center for Nanotubes and Nanostructured Composites, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea.
Kim
Keun Soo
KS
Lee
Im Bok
IB
Jeong
Seung Yol
SY
Cho
Shinje
S
Yoo
Jae-Eun
JE
Lee
Young Hee
YH