Simple method to prepare individual suspended nanofibers
- 4 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 80 (10) , 1815-1817
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1458533
Abstract
A simple and general technique for producing a suspended nanofiber has been developed using coordinate markers and a sacrificial layer of poly(methylmethacrylate). The simple procedure does not involve etching processes or chemical vapor deposition and makes it easier to investigate the physical properties of nanofibers in a suspended configuration. As a demonstration, a suspended carbon nanotube rope was fabricated and Young’s modulus was determined to be 0.4 TPa from the force calibration of an atomic force microscope.Keywords
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