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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Yoshikazu Nakayama, Hirakata, JP;
Akio Harada, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Akita, Izumi, JP;
Daiken Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A nanotube probe assembled under real-time observation inside an electron microscope, the probe including a nanotube; a holder for holding the nanotube; and a fastening means for fastening the nanotube at a base end portion thereof to the holder; and the tip end portion of the nanotube protrudes from the holder. The method for manufacturing a nanotube probe includes the steps of setting up a nanotube and a holder inside an electron microscope; allowing a base end portion of the nanotube, with a tip end portion thereof protruding, to come into contact with the holder; and irradiating electron beam to the base end portion of the nanotube to form a carbon film at the base end portion of the nanotube, or forming a fused part at the base end portion of the nanotube, thus fastening the base end portion of the nanotube to the holder by the carbon film.