Hi Everyone, I once again would be very grateful for a bit of advice. Our group just developed a 2 nanometer diameter alumina fiber. We got some nice TEM's (that were produced at National Renewable Energy Labs) and it shows them as entangled relatively straight whisker-like rods of uniform diameter and with an aspect ratio of 50+. Since one of the principal applications is its use in composites we would like to know if there is a way to measure any of its mechanical properties (tensile strength?). Assuming we could extract a single fiber, is there a way to do that through AF microscopy? And what about electrical resistivity, as it might be pertinent to microelectronics and MEMS (or NEMS?). Thanks for any advice. Hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays. Cindi Prorok Argonide Nanomaterials 407-322-2500 www.argonide.com