Nanomanipulation by atomic force microscopy of carbon nanotubes on a nanostructured surface

Sébastien Decossas (1) , Lionel Patrone (2) , Anne-Marie Bonnot (3) , Fabio Comin (4) , Mickael Derivaz (5) , André Barski (6) , Joël Chevrier (3, 4)

1 LTM - Laboratoire des technologies de la microélectronique
2 LEM - Laboratoire d'Electronique Moléculaire
3 LEPES - Laboratoire d'Etudes des Propriétés Electroniques des Solides
4 ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
5 LPSE - Laboratoire de physique et de spectroscopie électronique
6 SP2M - UMR 9002 - Service de Physique des Matériaux et Microstructures

We have investigated atomic force microscopy (AFM) induced displacement of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on a nanostructured surface. Evidence is given that nano-dots act as pinning centers for CNT. We show that adhesion between nano-objects and mechanical properties of nanotubes are the basic mechanisms that control the interaction of mobile and deformable nano-objects with static nano-dots under the mechanical constraint applied by the AFM tip.

Mots clés: Atomic force microscopy; Carbon; Adhesion; Physical adsorption; Sticking; Tribology

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique; Matériaux

Sébastien Decossas, Lionel Patrone, Anne-Marie Bonnot, Fabio Comin, Mickael Derivaz, et al.. Nanomanipulation by atomic force microscopy of carbon nanotubes on a nanostructured surface. Surface Science : A Journal Devoted to the Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces, 2003, 543 (1-3), pp.57-62. ⟨10.1016/S0039-6028(03)00919-1⟩. ⟨hal-00477221⟩