Deformation of Nanoscopic Polymer Structures in Response to Well‐Defined Capillary Forces

Abstract

The development of strategies to measure the properties of materials with nanoscopic dimensions is a necessary but challenging topic in nanoscale science and technology. Here, combinatorial arrays of specially designed test structures are used to quantify the deformation of micro‐ and nanoscale polymer beams in response to well‐defined capillary forces. In the Figure, increasing capillary forces from left to right act on beams 95 nm wide.