Measurement/Manipulation/Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes under FE-SEM/TEM

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Abstract

Nanofabrication as a key technology can improve the applications of nanotechnology. In recent years, CNTs have been proposed as a basic building block for a new generation of nanoelectronic and mechanical systems. Previous researches showed that CNTs can be used as linear [1] and rotational nanobearings[2], mass conveyors [3], field emitters [4, 5], AFM probes [6], nanotweezers [7], nanoposition sensors [8] and so on.

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Carbon Nanotubes Inner Core Electrostatic Actuation Field Emission Property Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Toshio Fukuda
    • 1
  • Fumihito Arai
    • 1
  • Masahiro Nakajima
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Micro-Nano SystemsNagoya UniversityNagoyaJapan
  2. 2.Center For Micro-Nano MechatronicsNagoya UniversityNagoyaJapan

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