Nanostructure Strength Goes Under the Microscope

by Liz Kalaugher nanotechweb.org News, 20 Sep 2005 Researchers at Northwestern University, US, have made a microelectromechanical systems device that enables mechanical testing of nanostructures while they are under constant observation in a scanning or transmission electron microscope. By using the technique on multiwalled carbon nanotubes, they discovered that the crystalline nanotubes became amorphous on tensile failure. Read more