Surface characterization of a Au/CNT composite for a MEMS switching application
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been used to improve the lifetime of electrical contacts of MEMS switches. The surface, usually gold-coated, demonstrates a complex structure. Due to the space between vertically aligned nanotubes, the sputtered gold penetrates into CNT. The surface of the...
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my.utm.666802017-11-22T00:45:04Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/66680/ Surface characterization of a Au/CNT composite for a MEMS switching application Hong, Liu Mcbride, J. W. Mohd. Yusop, Mohd. Zamri TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been used to improve the lifetime of electrical contacts of MEMS switches. The surface, usually gold-coated, demonstrates a complex structure. Due to the space between vertically aligned nanotubes, the sputtered gold penetrates into CNT. The surface of the composite also presents a much higher roughness than metal-coated surfaces. This work investigates the surface features of the gold-coated MWCNT composite, as well as the gold penetration into MWCNT. Different techniques are used in the study, namely TEM, SEM, AFM and optical surface profiler. IEEE 2016-01-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Hong, Liu and Mcbride, J. W. and Mohd. Yusop, Mohd. Zamri (2016) Surface characterization of a Au/CNT composite for a MEMS switching application. In: 16th International Conference on Nanotechnology - IEEE NANO 2016, 2016, Japan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2016.7751537 |
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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been used to improve the lifetime of electrical contacts of MEMS switches. The surface, usually gold-coated, demonstrates a complex structure. Due to the space between vertically aligned nanotubes, the sputtered gold penetrates into CNT. The surface of the composite also presents a much higher roughness than metal-coated surfaces. This work investigates the surface features of the gold-coated MWCNT composite, as well as the gold penetration into MWCNT. Different techniques are used in the study, namely TEM, SEM, AFM and optical surface profiler. |
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Surface characterization of a Au/CNT composite for a MEMS switching application |
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Surface characterization of a Au/CNT composite for a MEMS switching application |
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