Rotational actuators based on carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6947, 2003, Pages 408-410

  Fennimore, A M ^a   Yuzvinsky, T D ^a   Han, Wei Qiang ^a   Fuhrer, M S ^a,b   Cumings, J ^a,c   Zetti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ROTATIONAL ACTUATORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0043268003     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01823     Document Type: Article

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