title: Design and application of a novel in situ nano-manipulation stage for transmission electron microscopy.
abstract: A novel nano-scale manipulator capable of handling low-dimensional materials with three-dimensional linear motion, gripping action, and push-pull action of the gripper was developed for an in situ experiment in transmission electron microscopy. X-Y-Z positioning and push-pull action were accomplished by a piezotubing system, combined with a specially designed assembly stage that consisted of a lever-action gripping tip backed by a push-pull piezostack. The gripper tip consisted of tungsten wire fabricated by electrochemical etching followed by a focused ion beam process. Performance of the nano-scale manipulator was demonstrated in a grab-and-pick test of a single silver nanowire and in an in situ tensile test of a pearlitic steel sample with a specific orientation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM),Seoul National University,1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu,Seoul 151-744,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Bon-Woong
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM),Seoul National University,1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu,Seoul 151-744,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Pyo
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM),Seoul National University,1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu,Seoul 151-744,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM),Seoul National University,1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu,Seoul 151-744,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chan S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM),Seoul National University,1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu,Seoul 151-744,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Sub
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM),Seoul National University,1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu,Seoul 151-744,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM),Seoul National University,1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu,Seoul 151-744,Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Woon
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: mechanical characteristics