Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 26, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/26/265704
Keywords
-
Funding
- NIMS
- European Commission [NMP4-CT-2006-03350]
- National Agency for Research-France (A.N.R.) [CEDONA (ANR-07-NANO-007-04)]
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The Young modulus of individual single-walled boron nitride nanotubes (SW-BNNTs) was determined using a high-resolution transmission-electron microscope (HRTEM)-atomic force microscope (AFM) set-up. The Young modulus and maximum stress for these NTs were deduced from the analysis of the stress-strain curves, and discussed as a function of the considered value for the shell thickness of an SW-BNNT. The elastic properties of bundles of SW-BNNTs were also investigated. All these experiments revealed that SW-BNNTs are very flexible. Furthermore, the electrical behavior of these SW-BNNTs was also analyzed employing a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) holder integrated with the same HRTEM. I/V curves were measured on individual tubes as well as on bundles of SW-BNNTs.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available