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Article: Investigators at University of Tokyo have published new data on advanced materials.
- Article from:
- Nanotechnology Weekly
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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"Nanoelectromechanical devices, which can be used as nanotools in nanofactories, were fabricated by focused ion beam chemical vapor deposition (FIB-CVD). The devices are made of diamond-like carbon (DLC), deposited on a Si substrate using gasified phenanthrene (C14H10) as a carbon source," scientists in Hongo, Japan report.
"The Young modulus and density of the deposited DLC were measured as 190 GPa and 3(8 g cm(-3), respectively. The work function was smaller for DLC (2.9 eV) than for W (4.7 eV) and Fe (5.2 eV) deposited by FIB-CVD. A nanomanipulator was manufactured by FIB-CVD and used for actual manipulations. A glass capillary based local field emitter was ...