Characterization of the Resistance and Force of a Carbon Nanotube/Metal Side Contact by Nanomanipulation

Table 3

Measurement of the van der Waals force at the CNT/Au interface before EBID.

Tests	Contact length (μm)	Spring constant (N/m)	Deformation (μm)	Van der Waals force per unit contact length (nN/μm)
1	0.18	0.02	1.88	208.9
2	0.29	0.02	3.04	209.7
3	0.49	0.02	5.45	222.4
4	1.08	0.09	2.41	200.8