title: Nano-welding by scanning probe microscope.
abstract: A novel method, nano-welding, analogous to spot welding at the nanoscale level using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is presented. Using SPM oxidation of the underlying silicon, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been immobilized to the surface at point sites along their lengths by the nano-welding. It is shown that this nano-welding process nearly has no structural damage to the SWNTs. This immobilization makes the SPM manipulation of SWNTs controllable and desirable, which is helpful for the construction of SWNT-based nanodevices.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaojie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Zhongfan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu