Nanotube micro-optomechanical actuators

Shaoxin Lu, Balaji Panchapakesan
2006 Applied Physics Letters  
In this letter we demonstrate a simple carbon nanotube patterning technique that combines nanotube film bonding, photolithography, and O 2 plasma etching. Well defined carbon nanotube film structures with line widths less than ϳ1.5 m and thickness ranging from 40 to 780 nm were readily fabricated. A micro-optomechanical actuator based on this process has been demonstrated. This patterning process can be utilized for the integration of nanomaterials for wide variety of devices including
more » ... romechanical systems, field emission displays, and micro-optomechanical systems ͑MOMS͒.
doi:10.1063/1.2214148 fatcat:wq6pyn5nj5ahrixginizoepasu