Nanomanipulation and characterisation of individual nano-objects inside a SEM

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 609-617

  Nakabayashi, Denise ^a,b   Silva, Paulo C ^a   Ugarte, Daniel ^a,b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nanomanipulation; Nanostrucure; SEM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION; MANIPULATORS; NANOSYSTEMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANODEVICES; NANOMANIPULATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 34748900599     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2007.014755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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