Design and generation of DEP force for assembly of CNT-based nano devices

2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 925-930

  Wejinya, Uchechukwu C ^a   Xi, Ning ^b   Lai, King Wai Chiu ^b   Zhang, Jiangbo ^b   Shen, Yantao ^c  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c Reno   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEP FORCE; DEVELOPED MODEL; DIELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; LAPLACE'S EQUATIONS; NANO DEVICE; NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SENSING APPLICATIONS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 69549116692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4651059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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