Drawing a single nanofibre over hundreds of microns
Abstract
We demonstrate that the limits of drawing of fibre can be pushed down to nanometre dimensions. By a process similar to dry-spinning, nanofibres can be drawn with ultimate dimensions comparable with the ones of single-wall carbon nanotubes. An important difference with tubes is that our nanofibres are produced one at a time. It is also shown that the nanofibre can be positionned precisely on a surface during fabrication, and can then be cut or manipulated by an AFM tip.
- Publication:
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EPL (Europhysics Letters)
- Pub Date:
- April 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1209/epl/i1998-00233-9
- Bibcode:
- 1998EL.....42..215O
- Keywords:
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- 81.20.Hy;
- 81.20.Zx;
- Forming;
- molding extrusion etc.