Pull-in instability study of carbon nanotube tweezers under the influence of van der Waals forces

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1119-1125

  Wang, Gen Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Yin ^a   Zhao, Ya Pu ^a   Yang, Gui Tong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANTILEVER BEAMS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; GALERKIN METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

MICROACCELEROMETERS; MICROCANTILEVER SENSORS; MICROELECTROMECHANCAL SYSTEMS (MEMS); MICROSWITCHES; TWEEZERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 4243084401     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/14/8/001     Document Type: Article

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