Superconducting micro-bearings

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 2312-2315

  Coombs, T A ^a   Samad, I ^a   Ruiz Alonso, D ^a   Tadinada, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearings; MEMS; Micro machining; VLSI

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC BEARINGS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRIBOLOGY; VLSI CIRCUITS;

AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN; BEARING MATERIALS; MEMS; VLSI INDUSTRY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 22044456443     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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