(a) Deposition
rate and deposited mass for all the fabricated devices
with deposition times tdep in the range
between 1 s and 10 min. The different operation modes are marked by
different colors, and exemplary measurements are shown in (b–d).
(b) Mass deposition in default GIS operation mode (GIS nozzle open,
precursor in the chamber at a pressure in the range of p = (7–11) × 10–6 mbar). (c)
Mass deposition in low-pressure mode (GIS nozzle closed, precursor
residuals in the chamber with p = (1–1.7)
× 10–6 mbar). (d) Mass deposition in
the background vacuum regime (after more than 24 h of pumping, p = (0.8–1) × 10–6 mbar).
The SEM images on the right show each nanotube before and after the
deposition. The spring constants determined before and after the deposition
are k = 6.2(5) × 10–7 N/m
for (b), k = 1.57(7) × 10–5 N/m for (c), and k = 1.00(3) × 10–6 N/m for (d).