Rapid prototyping of nanotube-based devices using topology-optimized microgrippers

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 49, 2008, Pages

  Sardan, O ^a   Eichhorn, V ^b   Petersen, D H ^a   Fatikow, S ^b   Sigmund, O ^a   Boggild P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COPPER; GRIPPERS; JOB ANALYSIS; NANOROBOTICS; NANOTUBES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTORESISTS; POLYSILICON; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ROBOTICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

AFM MEASUREMENTS; AFM PROBES; AMORPHOUS CARBON LAYERS; CONTACT POINTS; CONVENTIONAL DESIGNS; DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; GRIPPING FORCES; HIGH ASPECT RATIOS; MICROGRIPPER; MICROGRIPPERS; NANOMANIPULATION; NANOROBOTIC SYSTEMS; PROMISING APPROACHES; RAPID CHARACTERIZATIONS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; COPPER; MICROGRIPPER; NANOMATERIAL; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GRIP STRENGTH; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149263207     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/49/495503     Document Type: Article

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