Subfeature patterning of organic and inorganic materials using robotic assembly

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1601-1608

  Tafazzoli, Afshin ^a   Cheng, Chao Min ^a   Pawashe, Chytra ^a   Sabo, Emily K ^a   Trofin, Lacramioara ^a,b   Sitti, Metin ^a   LeDuc, Philip R ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NanoDynamics Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; GEOMETRY; LITHOGRAPHY; PATTERNMAKING; ROBUST CONTROL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

INORGANIC MATERIALS; SMALL-SCALE MATERIAL PATTERNS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 34347230828     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0202     Document Type: Article

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