Self-actuating asymmetric platinum catalytic mobile nanorobot

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-39

  Bao, Jingjing ^a   Yang, Zhan ^b   Nakajima, Masahiro ^a   Shen, Yajing ^c   Takeuchi, Masaru ^a   Huang, Qiang ^d,e   Fukuda, Toshio ^a,d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric geometry; Bidirectional movement; Platinum catalytic mobile nanorobot; Rotational motion

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ION BEAMS; NANOROBOTICS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PLATINUM; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

ASYMMETRIC GEOMETRY; BIDIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT; CATALYTIC PLATINUM; CRITICAL FACTORS; FABRICATION PROCESS; LANGEVIN EQUATION; MANIPULATION METHODS; ROTATIONAL MOTION;

NANOROBOTS;

EID: 84894477877     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2013.2291618     Document Type: Article

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