Nanohandling automation: Trends and current developments

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1353-1369

  Fatikow, S ^a   Eichhorn, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automation of nanohandling; Carbon nanotubes; Nanohandling; Nanomanipulation; Robot based nanohandling

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; AUTOMATED NANOMANIPULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MICRO-SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE OBJECTS; NANOHANDLING; NANOHANDLING AUTOMATION; NANOMANIPULATION; NANOMANIPULATIONS; NANOSCALE LEVELS; NEW APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES;

AUTOMATION; MICROMANIPULATORS; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RESEARCH; ROBOTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 69249143954     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES940     Document Type: Article

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