Exploring the Limits of Dielectrophoretic Nanoassembly: Differing limitations occur in various applications

IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 14-18

  Li, Ming Lin ^a   Li, Wen Jung ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AC ELECTRIC FIELD; BROWNIAN MOTION; CORE-SHELL SPHERES; DEP FORCE; DIELECTROPHORETIC; DRAG FORCES; ELECTRIC FIELD FREQUENCY; FLUID FLOW; FLUIDIC MEDIUM; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GOLD COLLOID; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD PARTICLES; LOW FREQUENCY; NANO-ASSEMBLIES; NONUNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD; OPTICAL BEAMS; PEARL CHAIN; PEARL CHAIN FORMATION; SENSING ELEMENTS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DRAG; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; SPHERES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 77953169753     PISSN: 19324510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MNANO.2010.936603     Document Type: Article

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