Singh, G.
, Rice, P.
and Mahajan, R.
(2007),
Fabrication and mechanical characterization of a force sensor based on an individual carbon nanotube, Nanotechnology, [online], https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/18/47/475501
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Fabrication and mechanical characterization of a force sensor based on an individual carbon nanotube
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Gurpreet Singh, , Roop L. Mahajan
Abstract
We demonstrate the design and calibration of a novel individual carbon nanotube (CNT) based mechanical force sensor for measuring cell wall compliance. The device fabrication and in-situ mechanical characterization was carried out using a micro-manipulator inside a scanning electron microscope. This simple device acts as a micro-cantilever beam and consists of a tungsten probe with a CNT attached to its tip while the other end of CNT supports a polystyrene microsphere. We have calculated the bending modulus of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes from the calibration tests. These values are in agreement with values available in the literature.Citation
Nanotechnology
Volume
18
Issue
47
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Journals
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Keywords
carbon nanotube, force sensor, microsphere, electron beam induced deposition, micro-manipulation, bending modulus
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Created October 18, 2007, Updated October 12, 2021