Development of automated microrobot-based nanohandling stations for nanocharacterization

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 463-474

  Fatikow, Sergej ^a   Eichhorn, Volkmar ^a   Krohs, Florian ^a   Mircea, Iulian ^a   Stolle, Christian ^a   Hagemann, Saskia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTIC MODULI; LIGANDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTOMATED MICROROBOTS; NANOCHARACTERIZATION; NANOHANDLING STATIONS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 41149172719     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-007-0471-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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