Diamagnetic levitation of solids at microscale

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 2, 2008, Pages 4521-4524

  Pigot, Christian ^a   Chetouani, Hichem ^a   Poulin, Guylaine ^a   Reyne, Gilbert ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Diamagnetism; Levitation; Microactuator; Microsensors

Indexed keywords

DIAMAGNETISM; MICROACTUATORS; MICROSENSORS;

DIAMAGNETIC LEVITATION; INERTIAL SENSOR; LEVITATION; MICRO PARTICLES; MICROMAGNETS; STATIC SIMULATIONS; VOLUME FORCE;

BISMUTH;

EID: 70349126048     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2003400     Document Type: Article

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