Figure 4: Cutting and transferring of individual CNTs and fabrication of a CNT cross-structure. | Nature Communications

Figure 4: Cutting and transferring of individual CNTs and fabrication of a CNT cross-structure.

From: Optical visualization of individual ultralong carbon nanotubes by chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Figure 4

(a) Cutting and transferring of individual CNTs (left: schematic illustration; right: optical images). (1) A suspended CNT with TiO2 NPs. Scale bar, 50 μm. (2) Four probes were moved onto the CNT to cut a CNT segment. Scale bar, 50 μm. (3–6) A CNT segment (ca. 70 μm) was cut off from the CNT. Scale bar, 50 μm. Then the probes served as tweezers to transfer the CNT segment. (b) Cutting a CNT segment and fabricating a CNT cross-structure. (1) Cutting a CNT segment from a suspended CNT using two probes. Scale bar, 50 μm. (2) Changing the position and orientation of the CNT segment. Scale bar, 50 μm. (3) Moving the CNT segment onto another CNT and fabricating a CNT cross-structure. Scale bar, 50 μm. (4) Deforming the CNT cross-structure by moving the probes. Scale bar, 50 μm.

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