Measurement of the Young's moduli of individual polyethylene oxide and glass nanofibres Academic Article

abstract

• We have used scanned electrospinning to deposit oriented polyethylene oxide and silica glass fibres over trenches etched in silicon. We measured the Young's moduli of the fibres using an atomic force microscope. The Young's moduli of the glass fibres agree with values calculated from previously measured mechanical resonance frequencies of similar fibres. The Young's moduli of the polyethylene oxide fibres are significantly larger than those reported for polyethylene oxide bulk and films, suggesting molecular orientation in the fibres. 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Kameoka, Jun

published proceedings

• NANOTECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Bellan, L. M., Kameoka, J., & Craighead, H. G.

citation count

• 85

complete list of authors

• Bellan, LM||Kameoka, J||Craighead, HG

publication date

• August 2005

publisher

• IOP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Nanotechnology  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4018 Nanotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/0957-4484/16/8/017

start page

• 1095

end page

• 1099

volume

• 16

issue

• 8

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1088%2F0957-4484%2F16%2F8%2F017