Review of nanomanipulators for nanomanufacturing

International Journal of Nanomanufacturing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-104

  Du, E ^a   Cui, Hongliang ^b   Zhu, Zhenqi ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b New Dimension Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

assembler; flexure mechanism; nanodevice; nanomanipulator; nanomanufacturing; nanopositioning; nanorobotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649125909     PISSN: 17469392     EISSN: 17469406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNM.2006.011382     Document Type: Article

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