Destructive constructions of nanostructures with carbon nanotubes through nanorobotic manipulation

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 350-357

  Dong, Lixin ^a   Arai, Fumihito ^a   Fukuda, Toshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DEPOSITION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; ROBOTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DESTRUCTIVE FABRICATION; ELECTRON BEAM INDUCED DEPOSITION; NANOBEARINGS; NANOROBOTIC MANIPULATION;

MICROMANIPULATORS;

EID: 3342944342     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2004.828653     Document Type: Article

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