AVS 54th International Symposium | |
Tribology | Thursday Sessions |
Session TR3+NS-ThA |
Session: | Nanotribology and Nanomechanics |
Presenter: | J. Fraxedas, ICMAB-CIN2-CSIC, Spain |
Authors: | J. Fraxedas, ICMAB-CIN2-CSIC, Spain G. Rius, IMB-CNM-CSIC, Spain F. Pérez-Murano, IMB-CNM-CSIC, Spain A. Verdaguer, ICN-CIN2, Spain |
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We have experimentally determined the radial breathing mode frequency of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes with a diameter of 1.3 nm by nanoindentation measurements using an Atomic Force Microscope with commercial microfabricated silicon cantilevers with ultrasharp tips, evidencing the sensitivity of such instruments to frequencies in the THz range, well above the resonance frequencies of the cantilevers (ca. 130 kHz).1
1 Europhys. Lett. 78 (2007) 16001.