Simulation of a carbon nanotube-based compliant parallel-guiding mechanism: A nanomechanical building block

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Culpepper, Martin L ^a   DiBiasio, Christopher M ^a   Panas, Robert M ^a   Magleby, Spencer ^b   Howell, Larry L ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SIZE DETERMINATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BULK ELASTIC BENDING; HINGELIKE BENDING; NANOMECHANICAL BUILDING BLOCKS; PARALLEL GUIDING MECHANISMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33751116287     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2388143     Document Type: Article

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