Electric tweezers: Experimental study of positive dielectrophoresis-based positioning and orientation of a nanorod

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Edwards, Brian ^a   Engheta, Nader ^a   Evoy, Stephane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROMETERS; NANOPARTICLES;

ARBITRARY MANIPULATION; DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES; ELECTRIC TWEEZERS; PLANAR CONTROL;

NANORODS;

EID: 34547569328     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2753584     Document Type: Article

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