Carbon nanotubes based position sensors

Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 12-17

  Liu, Pou ^a   Dong, Lixin ^a   Fukuda, Toshio ^a   Arai, Fumihito ^a   Nagai, Moeto ^a   Imaizumi, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Field emission; Nanorobotic manipulation; Position sensor; Telescoping

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ASSEMBLY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELASTIC MODULI; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; FRICTION MATERIALS; MANIPULATORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

FIELD EMISSIONS; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); NANOROBOTIC MANIPULATION; POSITION SENSORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 8844263816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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