Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages 3846-3851Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl101051t
Keywords
Nanowire manipulation; nanowire bending; Young's modulus; cavitation bubble
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- Ministry of Education, Singapore
- National Research Foundation, Singapore [M590S2018]
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The flow induced by a single laser-induced cavitation bubble is used to manipulate individual Co nanowires The shortlived (<20 mu s) bubble with a maximum size of 45 pm is created in an aqueous solution with a laser pulse Translation, rotation, and radial motion of the nanowire can be selectively achieved by varying the initial distance and orientation of the bubble with respect to the nanowire Depending on the initial distance, the nanowire can be either pushed away or pulled toward the laser focus No translation is observed for a distance further than approximately 60 pm, while at closer distance, the nanowire can be bent as a result of the fast flow induced during the bubble collapse Studying the dynamics of the shape recovery allows an estimation of the Young's modulus of the nanowire The low measured Young's modulus (in a range from 9 6 to 13 0 GPa) of the Co nanowire is attributed to a softening effect due to structural defects and surface oxidation layer Our study suggests that this bubble-based technique allows selectively transporting, orienting, and probing individual nanowires and may be exploited for constructing functional nanodevices
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