A compact manually actuated micromanipulator

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-9

  Chan, Bin Da ^a   Mateen, Farrukh ^a   Chang, Chun Li ^a   Icoz, Kutay ^b   Savran, Cagri A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microgripper; micromanipulator; microstamping; microtweezer

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE INTERFACES; IN-SITU CONSTRUCTION; MICRO CONTACT PRINTING; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICROGRIPPER; MICROSTAMPING; MICROTWEEZER; TRANSLATION STAGE;

ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; STEM CELLS;

MICROMANIPULATORS;

EID: 84858442922     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2174431     Document Type: Article

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