Fabrication of Multiple-Telescoping Nanotubes through Hybrid-NRMS

摘要

We present multiple-telescoping carbon nanotubes (CNTs) fabricated inside a transmission electron microscope (TEM). A CNT was peeled off its outer layers through destructive fabrication process. The process is carried out by hybrid nanorobotic manipulation system (Hybrid-NRMS), which is integrated a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and TEM manipulators. The single CNT was picked up and positioned inside a (SEM) for in situ fabrication inside a TEM. From TEM images, the raw CNT has some "gnarl" type defects and they are readily affected on the multiple-telescoping nanotube construction. The multiple-telescoping nanotube has a possibility of nano-scale low-friction bearing for the NEMS applications.