Pick-and-place nanomanipulation using microfabricated grippers

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2434-2441

  Mølhave, Kristian ^a   Wich, Thomas ^b   Kortschack, Axel ^b   Bøggild, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRIPPERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ELECTROSTATICALLY ACTUATED GRIPPERS; MICROFABRICATED; PICK-AND-PLACE NANOMANIPULATION;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 33646722687     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/10/002     Document Type: Article

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