WO2005017977A3 - Carbon nanotube bundle probe for scanning probe microscopes - Google Patents

Carbon nanotube bundle probe for scanning probe microscopes Download PDF

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WO2005017977A3
WO2005017977A3 PCT/GB2004/003493 GB2004003493W WO2005017977A3 WO 2005017977 A3 WO2005017977 A3 WO 2005017977A3 GB 2004003493 W GB2004003493 W GB 2004003493W WO 2005017977 A3 WO2005017977 A3 WO 2005017977A3
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Julie V Macpherson
Neil Wilson
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Julie V Macpherson
Neil Wilson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01Q—SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES, e.g. SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY [SPM]
    • G01Q70/00—General aspects of SPM probes, their manufacture or their related instrumentation, insofar as they are not specially adapted to a single SPM technique covered by group G01Q60/00
    • G01Q70/08—Probe characteristics
    • G01Q70/10—Shape or taper
    • G01Q70/12—Nanotube tips

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We describe a probe for use in the imaging of a substrate, said probe comprising a probe body and a probe needle wherein said probe needle comprises a bundle of nanotubes, a process for the manufacture of the probe and uses thereof.
PCT/GB2004/003493 2003-08-13 2004-08-12 Carbon nanotube bundle probe for scanning probe microscopes WO2005017977A2 (en)

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WO1998005920A1 (en) * 1996-08-08 1998-02-12 William Marsh Rice University Macroscopically manipulable nanoscale devices made from nanotube assemblies
EP1054249A1 (en) * 1998-12-03 2000-11-22 Daiken Chemical Co. Ltd. Electronic device surface signal control probe and method of manufacturing the probe
US20030001091A1 (en) * 2000-11-26 2003-01-02 Yoshikazu Nakayama Conductive probe for scanning microscope and machining method using the same

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WO1998005920A1 (en) * 1996-08-08 1998-02-12 William Marsh Rice University Macroscopically manipulable nanoscale devices made from nanotube assemblies
EP1054249A1 (en) * 1998-12-03 2000-11-22 Daiken Chemical Co. Ltd. Electronic device surface signal control probe and method of manufacturing the probe
US20030001091A1 (en) * 2000-11-26 2003-01-02 Yoshikazu Nakayama Conductive probe for scanning microscope and machining method using the same

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8872176B2 (en) 2010-10-06 2014-10-28 Formfactor, Inc. Elastic encapsulated carbon nanotube based electrical contacts

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