Dual-chirality helical nanobelts: Linear-to-rotary motion converters for three-dimensional microscopy

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1047-1053

  Dong, L ^a,b   Zhang, Li ^a   Kratochvil, Bradley E ^a   Shou, Kaiyu ^a   Nelson, Bradley J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D scanning probe microscope (SPM); Helical nanobelt (HNB); Microgoniometer; Motion converter; Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)

Indexed keywords

3-D SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE (SPM); HELICAL NANOBELT (HNB); MICROGONIOMETER; MOTION CONVERTER; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (NEMS);

CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ENANTIOMERS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GERMANIUM; MICROSCOPES; NANOBELTS; NEMS; PROBES; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70349991236     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2029975     Document Type: Article

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