Length control of carbon nanotubes through nanorobotic manipulations

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 144-147

  Dong, Lixon ^a   Arai, F ^a   Fukuda, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Capacitive sensors; Carbon nanotubes; Fabrication; Manipulators; Nanoelectromechanical systems; Nanofabrication; Nanostructures; Probes; Systems engineering and theory

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FABRICATION; MANIPULATORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOELECTRONICS; NANOROBOTICS; NANOSENSORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOSYSTEMS; NANOTUBES; NEMS; PROBES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; YARN;

BOTTOM-UP STRATEGY; FIELD EMISSION CURRENTS; MECHANICAL STRAIN; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANO-ASSEMBLIES; NANO-ROBOTIC MANIPULATION; NANOBUILDING BLOCKS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THEORIES;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 20344381236     PISSN: 19449399     EISSN: 19449380     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2003.1231736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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