Nanobelts as nanocantilevers

©2003 American Institute of Physics. The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/82/2886/1DOI:10.1063/1.1570497Semiconducting oxide nanobelts of ZnO have been sectioned and manipulated, for microelectromechanical systems, using an atomic force microscopy probe. Structurally modified nanobelts demonstrate potential for nanocantilever based technologies. With dimensions ~35–1800 times smaller than conventional cantilevers, the nanocantilevers are expected to have improved physical, chemical, and biological sensitivity for scanning probe microscopy and sensor applications