02 February - Nanopipettes for Metal Transport

Peiman will present the following paper:

Nanopipettes for Metal Transport

      K. Svensson¹, H. Olin², and E. Olsson¹ 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 145901 (2004) [4 pages]

Here we demonstrate, for the first time experimentally, a nanopipette action for metals using multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The process relies on electromigration forces, created at high electron current densities, enabling the transport of material inside the hollow core of carbon nanotubes. In this way nanoparticles of iron were transported to and from electrically conducting substrates.