Abstract
A new approach to the characterization of the mechanical and electrical properties of individual nanowires and nanotubes is demonstrated by in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The technique allows a one-to-one correlation between the structure and properties of the nanowires. Recent developments include the determination of the Young's modulii of carbon nanotubes and semiconductor nanowires, femtogram nanobalance of a single fine particle, field emission of carbon nanotubes, and quantum ballistic conductance in carbon nanotubes.
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Materials scienceCarbon nanotubeNanowireCharacterization (materials science)NanotechnologyTransmission electron microscopySemiconductorMechanical properties of carbon nanotubesQuantum wireConductanceCarbon fibersParticle (ecology)NanomaterialsChemical physicsElectronOptoelectronicsComposite materialNanotubeCondensed matter physicsComposite number
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- 2000
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- article
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 1295-1298
- Citations
- 355
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Z. L. Wang
(2000).
Characterizing the Structure and Properties of Individual Wire-Like Nanoentities.
Advanced Materials
, 12
(17)
, 1295-1298.
https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4095(200009)12:17<1295::aid-adma1295>3.0.co;2-b
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- DOI
- 10.1002/1521-4095(200009)12:17<1295::aid-adma1295>3.0.co;2-b