METHOD FOR PROCESSING CARBON NANOTUBE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processing method increasing the thickness of a carbon nanotube up to a size visible by an electron microscope by plating and processing the nanotube in this state before etching the same to restore the original diameter thereof. SOLUTION: Silver plating or electroless nickel plating is applied to a carbon nanotube with an average diameter nanometer until the thickness of the nanotube becomes a micron order, the plated carbon nanotube is fused to a probe base material of STM or AFM, and only the leading end part thereof is subjected to etching treatment to remove the plated portion to form a probe with a diameter of several nanometers.